More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 02:40:24 EST 2009


On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Mensanator <mensanator at aol.com> wrote:
> On Dec 16, 8:45�pm, Ned Deily <n... at acm.org> wrote:
>> In article
>> <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e... at 9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>> �Mensanator <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
>> > Oh, and about Chapter 1.
>>
>> > If you're going to use version 3.1.1 as your standard, shouldn't
>> > you also point out that 3.1.1 is NOT bundled with Mac OS X?
>>
>> > How about devoting a section on downloading the source files
>> > and compiling it on a Mac?
>>
>> Why would you do that?
>
> Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'm thinking about
> buying one and seeing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 directories
> on the model in the store made me wary.
>
>>
>> http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.1.1/http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.1.1/python-3.1.1.dmg
>
> This tells me nothing.
>
>>
>> or (for MacPorts fans):
>>
>> $ sudo port install python31
>
>
> And since I haven't got one, this also tells me nothing.

He just told you what it meant, as if it weren't already obvious.

Geremy Condra



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