[IAEP] Feedback request for my Python tutorial

[Tim McNamara]

On 8 July 2010 06:19, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Dinko,
>
> A quick note on my way out the door.  Since you are writing the tutorial in
> the first person singular (rather than first person plural  "editorial we",
> you probably will want to have it be the computer (or Python) talking.  So
> in the first paragraph of the Intro, you might want to give the speaker a
> name and start something like this:
>
> "Hello there, and welcome to <tutorial name>. I'm Pippy Man (or what ever
> you pick for a name) and I will be your guide to this adventure in
> programming.  I "speak" Python so we will need an interpreter for you to be
> able to give me commands (tell me what to do).
> [snip]
> An interpreter is a special computer program that changes your commands
> from Python to a language I can understand so that I can do what you tell me
> to do. And, by the way, I always do exactly what you tell me to do... which
> may not always be what you thought you told me to do.  Programming is full
> of lots of surprises!
>
> Now, before we continue, please tell me your name.... etc>"
>

Consistency with Speak would be for the bot to speak out the XO's name.

Mine says, "Hello Olly, type something".

Tim
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