Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.044 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'ides': 0.16; 'kitchen': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:son': 0.16; 'putting': 0.22; 'url:home': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'next': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'food': 0.72; 'subject:wants': 0.74; 'attractive': 0.81; 'microwave': 0.84; 'received:108': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:00:49 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <575a3a4c-b99f-43b4-aa2b-84dfaf3e89b4@googlegroups.com> <545a441b-0c2d-4b1e-82ae-024b011a400d@e1g2000pbo.googlegroups.com> <51ba708c$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-108-79-223-233.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371254461 news.xs4all.nl 15882 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48227 On 14 Jun 2013 01:23:24 GMT, Steven D'Aprano declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > I consider IDEs to be an attractive nuisance. It's like learning to be a > chef by putting food in a microwave and pushing the pre-set buttons. Next up on Kitchen Nightmares... Python on the loose! -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/