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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: code review |
| Date | 2012-07-01 13:41 -0400 |
| Organization | > Bestiaria Support Staff < |
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:28:20 +1000, Ben Finney
<ben+python@benfinney.id.au> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:
> So, languages without strong typing then. In that case, I revise my
> statement: I know of no programming language with strong typing that
> would give a newcomer to Python the above expectation.
>
I'd think a true newcomer (to programming) would have NO
expectations... And if they'd had any complex math classes may actually
consider
if 1 < x < 10:
to be the norm (though it should be less-than-or-equal to map to the
normally inclusive endpoints in "pick a number between 1 and 10")
-=-=-=-
Assignment: Conditionals and Looping
The program shall play "Guess the Number" with the user.
The program shall generate an random integer between 1 and 10
(including 1 and 10 in the range).
The program shall loop asking the user for a guess.
The program shall reject non-integer input.
The program shall reject integers outside the range of 1 to 10.
The program shall maintain a score (count) of incorrect guesses.
The program shall display the score and exit when the user's guess
matches the randomly generated integer.
-=-=-=-
In contrast to this total neophyte, someone transferring from
another language should have enough experience to at least browse the
language reference and tutorial -- especially after encountering the
simple fact that Python requires indentation to denote blocks! Something
not seen in any other language and which should trigger the thought
"what else is different?"
At least the Python reference is only around 100 pages (last time I
printed it) in contrast to the 800 page Ada 2005 (okay, the appendices
should be counted as equivalent to the Python standard library
reference; that still leaves over three times as many pages for Ada
reference, and the print is much finer)
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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Re: code review Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-03 11:22 +1000
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Re: code review Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-03 04:11 +0000
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Re: Apology for OT posts Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-06 10:37 +0100
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