Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 17 December 2013 12:23:28 Cousin Stanley did opine:

> >> Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>  Dovetails are nothing more than sadistic nostalgia --
> >>  they give old men a "chubby" and young men a nightmare.
> > 
> > There is nothing more satisfying than cutting a set of dovetails by
> > hand and having them glide together like silk, the first time you
> > test-fit them, with no daylight visible anywhere.
> 
>    This dove-tailer understands Rapid Application Development ....
> 
>       http://woodwork.ars-informatica.ca/tool.php?art=dovetail_video
>       Frank Klausz's three-minute dovetails using a bow saw

Frank is a Master, and too many people never really learn to use a bow saw.  
However I'd expect that joint would take more glue to fill, I've had a 
single drop of TB-III extrude from every edge of one of my jig made joints.

But, I really think we are just a tad off topic.

Cheers, Gene
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