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Re: Python programming

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On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:21:29 -0800 (PST), ngangsia akumbo
<ngangsia@gmail.com> declaimed the following:

>Please i have a silly question to ask.
>
>How long did it take you to learn how to write programs?
>

	Let's see... 6 months in High School to learn the rudiments of K&K
BASIC... 3 months each for Intro to FORTRAN, Intro to COBOL, Advanced
FORTRAN, Advanced COBOL, Assembly... 3 months for Pascal... 3 months for
the System Analysis course, 3 months for the data structures&algorithms...
And that was spread over four years of college, where there were other
classes required (set theory, linear algebra, statistics, graph theory).

	C, C++, Ada (80!) were 4-5 day intensive courses that still only gave
one an intro level [32-40 hours just on one language, vs the
13-week@5hours/week => 65 hours college course]

	Then add in OO Analysis, OO Design, etc.

	Learning the syntax and semantics of a single programming language is
NOT learning to program... 

>What is the best way i can master thinker?

	Uhm... tkinter? That's a framework for a graphical environment; tk is
not Python specific. You need to understand how event driven programs
differ from sequential ones.


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Python programming ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 16:21 -0800
  Re: Python programming Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 12:17 +1100
  Re: Python programming Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-02-11 21:06 -0500
  Re: Python programming Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 18:46 -0800
  Re: Python programming Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-11 22:02 -0500
    Re: Python programming Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2014-02-11 23:14 -0500
    Re: Python programming Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-12 13:41 +0000
    Re: Python programming Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-02-12 21:00 -0500
      Re: Python programming Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-13 02:57 +0000
        Re: Python programming Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-12 22:04 -0500
          Re: Python programming Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 14:13 +1100
            Re: Python programming Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-13 15:13 +0000
          Re: Python programming William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-02-12 22:56 -0500
            Re: Python programming Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-02-13 05:18 +0000
          Re: Python programming Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 03:30 -0500
  Re: Python programming Asdrúbal Iván Suárez <asdrubalivan.listas@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 20:01 -0430
  Re: Python programming Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-12 15:09 +1100
  Re: Python programming Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 08:55 -0500
    Re: Python programming Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-12 09:13 -0500
      Re: Python programming Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 11:43 -0500
      Re: Python programming Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-02-12 21:13 -0500
  Re: Python programming Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:02 +1100
  Re: Python programming Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:34 +1100
  Re: Python programming Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 09:57 +1100
  Re: Python programming Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-13 15:30 +0000
    Re: Python programming ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 12:29 -0800

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