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From: Mike Treseler <mike_treseler@comcast.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Beginning Hobbyist Programmer Question
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:19:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5vcu1fF1m14t4U1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44129c70-807a-4ef0-bc4f-e299caf5e334@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>

signups17@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok, I'm beginning to teach myself the art of computer programming. I'm
> starting with Python and I've built a few scripts that have increased
> my productivity tremendously at work, doing a lot of data crunching,

> Can anyone provide a cogent explanation for why I should take the time
> to climb that learning curve? What are the benefits, as you see them?

Python mode might be reason enough.
Open my_file.py then C-c C-c

If there are no errors, a buffer opens showing the output.
If there is an error, the point jumps to the line and the
error message is displayed in the output buffer.

Fix the error and C-c C-c again.
And so on.

           -- Mike Treseler

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-19  0:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-17 22:04 Beginning Hobbyist Programmer Question signups17
2008-01-17 22:47 ` Rupert Swarbrick
2008-01-18  0:26 ` reader
2008-01-18  1:44 ` Nick Roberts
2008-01-18  9:02 ` Andreas Röhler
2008-01-18  9:04 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2008-01-18 10:05 ` Stefan Kamphausen
2008-01-18 11:11 ` Daniel Pittman
2008-01-18 23:22 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-01-19  0:19 ` Mike Treseler [this message]
2008-01-21 16:33   ` rustom
2008-01-22 17:24 ` Sebastian Tennant
2008-01-22 18:10   ` Mike Mattie
2008-01-23  6:02 ` Bob McCormick

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