Re: python in school notebooks/laptops

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On 30/05/11 15:45, John Thornton wrote:
> Hello
>         Is it a waste of time to try to get school admins to put 
> python in their school laptops?
>
>        OK. Here's the crib for the rest[!] of the world. Here in 
> Australia most secondary schools [that is kids from age approx 12-18] 
> have some sort of netbook/laptop program. I have looked at a few 
> schools and they put visual basic in  but not python. [unless of 
> course it's a mac where python may already be in it] . This is a 
> curious omission when Blender needs python to run.

Even better, try convincing them to use Ubuntu instead of  a virus 
called Where I Never Do Operations With Safety, or WINDOWS for short.
That way Python will come by default  and VB will be out of question
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

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Re: python in school notebooks/laptops hackingKK <hackingkk@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 16:39 +0530
  Re: python in school notebooks/laptops jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 07:30 -0700
    Re: python in school notebooks/laptops Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-31 00:15 +0200
      Re: python in school notebooks/laptops Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-30 21:12 -0400

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