[Chicago] Chicago Python User Group: Thurs. July 13, 2006 7pm.

[Peter Harkins]

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 02:55:16PM -0400, Edward Summers wrote:
> Speaking of tools: a friend of mine and I were talking about my  
> predilection towards learning multiple languages and his towards  
> learning one well, and he translated a Chinese saying that amounted to:
> 
> 	A drawer full of knives, none of them sharp.

Sounds like "jack of all trades, master of none" and just as silly.
Learn everything and think critically, what you learn in one endeavor
teaches you about every endeavor.

> You know, like an Invisible College [2] for Chicago software  
> developers. Maybe I've just been reading too much Stephenson. I don't  
> even live in Chicago anymore so why do I  care?

Invisible College? What we *really* need is Wizard School:
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/07/wizard-school.html


And I'm +1 on hearing about Perl 6.

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Peter Harkins  -  http://push.cx


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