Re: Tutorial suggestions
Alex Kowalenko (alex@jolt.mpx.com.au)
29 Sep 1994 12:51:58 GMT
Ken Manheimer (ken.manheimer@nist.gov) wrote:
: Glancing back through the tutorial, i recall how i was perplexed by my
: inability to refer to sys.argv, as mentioned in section 2.1.1
: ("Argument Passing"). The problem, of course, was that i hadn't known
: to do an 'import sys', and i didn't understand why i should need to do
: so. (I don't think that the need to do so is at all obvious at that
: point - it only begins to be clarified much later on, when modules are
: covered.) I think some mention of doing the import should be included
: before referring to one of its values, for those of us that like to
: try things as we encounter them.
I had the same problem yesterday, worked it out today. The tutorial should
mention something about import sys, or new beginners are going to be
fustrated and turn off the language.
Python seems pretty good, and I can't wait to write something largish in it.
Now that RMS has declared TCL dead, :-).
Alex