Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?

cga2000 cga2000 at optonline.net
Wed Jul 26 03:08:04 EDT 2006


On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:32:23PM EDT, hanumizzle at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Alan Franzoni wrote:
> > Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, hanumizzle at gmail.com ha scritto:
> >
> > > http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html
> > >
> > > The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to
> > > produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'. :)
> >
> > I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated
> > anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence.
> 
> Well, yeah, my point. It's misleading. 

.. a "fib".. as in "telling fibs.." 

so the function lies .. therefore it does not return a Fibonacci
sequence..

???



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