[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 3.0 final

[Tres Seaver]

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Gregor Lingl wrote:
> 
> glyph at divmod.com schrieb:
>> To be fair, if someone asked me specifically about educating non- 
>> programmer adults about programming, I would probably at least 
>> *mention* py3, if not recommend it outright.  The improved consistency 
>> is worth a lot in an educational setting.  (But, if one is educating 
>> children and interested in soliciting their genuine enthusiasm, 
>> whiz-bang graphics are really a must-have, not a negotiable extra.)
> As a non native English speaker I'm not sure if I understand correctly, 
> what you mean with whiz-bang graphics. Nevertheless I'd like to point 
> you to the new turtle graphics module (which is part of the standard 
> librarys since 2.6). At least it was designed especially for use in the 
> educational  domain. Moreover the source-distribution also contains a 
> bunch of some ten example scripts.

I'm pretty sure he that turtle graphics are not "whiz-bang" (in this
century, at least).  Begin able to do pygame-style OpenGL stuff would be
"whiz bang"[1] in my book.


[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whizbang


Tres.
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