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Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python"

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On 2013-09-20 12:43, rusi wrote:
> On Friday, September 20, 2013 3:28:00 PM UTC+5:30, Aseem Bansal wrote:
>> I started Python 4 months ago. Largely self-study with use of Python documentation, stackoverflow and google. I was thinking what is the minimum that I must know before I can say that I know Python?
>>
>> I come from a C background which is comparatively smaller. But as Python is comparatively much larger what minimum should I know?
>>
>> Just a general question not for a specific purpose.
>
> Stroustrup says he is still learning C++ and I know kids who have no qualms saying they know programming language L (for various values of L) after hardly an hour or two of mostly advertising and pep-talk exposure.
> So without knowing what you mean my 'knowing' I am not going to try answering q-1

I think that's his actual question: "What do *you* mean by 'I know Python'?" At 
what point in your Python career did you feel comfortable claiming that?

-- 
Robert Kern

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What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 02:58 -0700
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 04:43 -0700
    Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 14:39 +0100
      Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 08:50 -0700
        Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 09:28 -0700
          Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 02:34 +1000
            Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 10:40 -0700
              Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 10:51 -0700
              Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 12:06 +1000
              Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-09-21 02:22 -0400
              Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-09-22 12:44 -0400
            Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-20 22:31 -0400
              Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 12:54 +1000
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-20 06:53 -0500
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 00:26 +1000
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 09:23 -0700
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Jugurtha Hadjar <jugurtha.hadjar@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 18:07 +0100
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-09-20 18:26 -0400
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-09-22 14:55 -0400
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-09-22 15:48 -0400
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-09-22 23:29 -0400
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-09-23 00:10 -0400
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-09-23 19:34 -0700
  Re: What minimum should a person know before saying "I know Python" Schneider <js@globe.de> - 2013-09-26 12:16 +0200

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