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Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT

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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:53 AM, rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> wrote:
> So you would start drivers education class with road construction? Or
> the history of the internal combustion engine? Who cares about
> actually *driving* the car.
>

I believe that starting driver ed with some basics of how an internal
combustion engine works would be a Good Thing. If you're going to be
in control of a ton of steel that's capable of moving at a hundred
kays, you ought to know at least a bit about what provides the kinetic
energy.

There's a difference between comprehension and jumping through hoops.
In your driver ed example, I don't believe that the accelerator pedal
should be replaced with a flexible fuel-line that the driver squeezes
to control flow to the engine; but on the other hand, I don't think
the brake pedal should be replaced by a single button saying "stop
car" either.

Arrogance is a normal part of designing programming languages (see
Larry Wall's comments regarding Perl, for instance). But arrogance to
the extent of forcing your views on programmers is generally resented,
and with good reason. If you force too much on people, they'll go
elsewhere.

ChrisA

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Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-06 01:26 +1000
  Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT "Michel Claveau - MVP"<enleverLesX_XXmcX@XmclavXeauX.com.invalid> - 2011-07-05 21:04 +0200
  Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-07-05 15:27 -0400
    Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2011-07-06 08:49 +0200
      Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 10:26 -0600
        Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-07-06 12:36 -0400
        Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2011-07-07 09:12 +0200
          Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-07 09:58 -0600
  Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Stefaan Himpe <stefaan.himpe@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 21:31 +0200
    Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-07-05 21:02 +0000
      Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-07-05 21:58 +0000
    Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-06 21:44 +1000
      Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Stefaan Himpe <stefaan.himpe@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 14:44 +0200
        Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-07 09:40 +1000
  Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 18:53 -0700
    Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 12:44 +1000
      Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 20:45 -0700
        Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 13:54 +1000
    Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2011-07-06 08:45 +0200

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