Article: Please Learn to Write

May 31, 2012

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/05/16/please_learn_to_write.html

Writing appears more forgiving because there is no compiler or interpreter catching your its/itâs issues or reminding you of the rules regarding that or which. Hereâs the rub: there is a compiler and itâs fucking brutal. Itâs your readers. Your readers are far more critical than the Python interpreter. Not only do they care about syntax, but they also want to learn something, and, perhaps, be entertained while all this learning is going down. Success means they keep coming back – failure is a lonely silence. Python is looking pretty sweet now, right?

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