we want python software

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
> Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>:
>
>> Rick Johnson wrote:
>>>     DOLT: "Programming is easy! Once you learn the langauge,
>>>     it's just a matter of fill-in-the-blanks."
>>
>> To be fair to this person, for someone who has a natural aptitude for
>> programming, it can be difficult to appreciate how hard it is for
>> people who don't.
>>
>> When I first started programming, in my early teens, the basic ideas
>> all seemed very straightforward, and I had no trouble seeing how to
>> apply them. I unconsciously assumed it would be the same for anyone
>> else with a reasonable level of intelligence.
>>
>> It was a while before it became clear to me that this is not the case
>> at all.
>
> A junior programmer sees the unlimited possibilities of programming. No
> montain is too high to climb.
>
> A seasoned programmer is elated if they can get anything to work at all.
>

And an expert programmer sees that those mountains are so full of bugs
they're better described as ant-hills...

ChrisA