From: Sean Ob <sob4ever33@...>
Date: 2009-11-19T04:18:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/tk Help Please

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> Sean Ob wrote:
>> I am a complete beginner when it comes to programming and i need some
>> help.
>> I don't know very much computer language jargan so please layman terms
>> as much as possible.
>> I began trying to learn to program about a year ago when I took my first
>> programming class:
>> 1st language => Python => understood
>> 2nd language => Java => no understanding whatsoever
> 
> Well, there's your first problem. :)  Java isn't a very good language, 
> but it works on a somewhat different (and more common?) paradigm than 
> Python and Ruby.  It's to your advantage as a programmer to understand 
> as many paradigms as possible.

i have read a lot of things pertaining to blocks, but i still don't 
understand them.

for example i have tried several variations of

result*@list2.each + '\n'
#i realize this is horrible syntax, but what i want to do is take result 
and then print the result*each element of list2 on separate lines
This was one of the first bumps i hit then after giving up on figuring 
that out i figured it would be much easier to build a TreeView object 
and just print that but now i am struggling to construct the elements of 
the tree.
i realize my method of just jumping into a language trying to do complex 
things right away is not a very logical approach however i learn best by 
doing and by example.  I give myself an objective and try to figure out 
how to get there, it's just how i learn best.  I Have a Masters in 
Economics, programming is a new hobby i have picked up, in hopes that 
eventually i will compile enough knowledge to be able to program more 
efficiently.  however, for now i'm just shooting for functionality.

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