Intro To Python Using Turtle Graphics

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Done by Northland Polytechnic, available for download under CC-BY-NC-ND here
<http://www.archive.org/details/IntroductionToPythonUsingTurtleGraphics>.

Thanks to Colin Jackson for the link.

[Enkidu]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
> Done by Northland Polytechnic, available for download under CC-BY-NC-ND here
> <http://www.archive.org/details/IntroductionToPythonUsingTurtleGraphics>.
>

Urgh. Is that all that python is good for, drawing pretty pictures?

Cheers,

Cliff

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[Ben Finney]

Enkidu <enkid...@com.cliffp.com> writes:

> Urgh. Is that all that python is good for, drawing pretty pictures?

Yep, that's all <URL:http://python.org/about/success/>. Rackspace,
Google, NASA, Philips, Honeywell, AstraZeneca; they're *all*
organisations focussed on drawing pretty pictures, and that's all they
use Python for.

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Ben Finney

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:02:31 +1300, Enkidu wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> >
>> Done by Northland Polytechnic, available for download under CC-BY-NC-ND
>> here
>> <http://www.archive.org/details/
IntroductionToPythonUsingTurtleGraphics>.
>>
> Urgh. Is that all that python is good for, drawing pretty pictures?

[sarcasm]
Yes, yes it is. When they talk about "batteries included", they mean the
batteries that run the turtle.
[end sarcasm]

Are you trolling or just a little sleep-deprived today?

The movie is an introduction aimed at 13-16 year old school children.
It's explicitly labelled as "an introduction using turtle graphics". What
on earth makes you think that because the introduction uses turtle
graphics, that's the ONLY thing that Python can do?

--
Steven

[Enkidu]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Enkidu <enkid...@com.cliffp.com> writes:
>
>> Urgh. Is that all that python is good for, drawing pretty pictures?
>
> Yep, that's all <URL:http://python.org/about/success/>. Rackspace,
> Google, NASA, Philips, Honeywell, AstraZeneca; they're *all*
> organisations focussed on drawing pretty pictures, and that's all they
> use Python for.
>

Sorry, I did not mean to post to the CLP list. It would be a stupid
troll to do so on purpose. My apologies. I *AM* a Perl fan but there is
room for both languages.

[Enkidu]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:02:31 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>
> Are you trolling or just a little sleep-deprived today?
>

Heh! Maybe a little sleep-deprived, but I didn't realise that the
original post was cross-posted to comp.lang.python. If I'd purposely
posted it to CLP it *would* have been a stupid troll. I did it by
accident, and apologise for doing so.

[Ben Finney]

Enkidu <enkid...@com.cliffp.com> writes:

> Heh! Maybe a little sleep-deprived, but I didn't realise that the
> original post was cross-posted to comp.lang.python. If I'd purposely
> posted it to CLP it *would* have been a stupid troll. I did it by
> accident, and apologise for doing so.

Oh, so trash-talking in *other* forums where you feel safe from being
caught is okay? ;-)

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[Enkidu]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Enkidu <enkid...@com.cliffp.com> writes:
>
>> Heh! Maybe a little sleep-deprived, but I didn't realise that the
>> original post was cross-posted to comp.lang.python. If I'd purposely
>> posted it to CLP it *would* have been a stupid troll. I did it by
>> accident, and apologise for doing so.
>
> Oh, so trash-talking in *other* forums where you feel safe from being
> caught is okay? ;-)
>

I take your point, but the other group in question is a 'local' group.