Re: python in school notebooks/laptops

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Date	Tue, 31 May 2011 12:53:24 +1000
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:57 AM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Possibly the best way to encourage Python deployment would be to
>> require it to run some internal script.
>
>   Chris has a great idea here... but I think more along the lines of an app
> that benefits school admins in terms of networking registration,
> accountability, or messaging. In other words, if I understand Chris
> correctly, make the script / app  necessarily useful to the admins you are
> trying to advocate to, so that the students reap the benefits of having the
> interpretor installed and ready...?!?

Precisely. If there is some kind of need for a script to be deployed
on all students' laptops (even if it's just part of some installer,
and not necessary post-setup), then write it in Python and put the
interpreter on there. This is not shenanigans, but simply the use of a
quality tool; it's no different from the eComStation installers making
extensive use of VX-REXX, and thus mandating its installation as part
of the eCS install.

Chris Angelico

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Re: python in school notebooks/laptops Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 23:28 +1000
  Re: python in school notebooks/laptops harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-30 19:57 -0500
    Re: python in school notebooks/laptops Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 12:53 +1000

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