Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid> writes: > I've always found comp.lang.c to be a rather dangerous place as well.
Hey, I grew up in comp.lang.c! I'd have to agree with you, though. (I try to play nice when I'm here.) In fact, comp.lang.* generally has a reputation as a place you don't want to find yourself after dark... > Of the newsgroups I read, c.l.python is probably the most friendly and > has one of the highest S/N ratios. People who would have been roasted > alive in other newsgroups for their laziness or presumptuousness get > surprisingly gentle treatment in c.l.python. I do know of a few > low-volume mailing lists that are probably as good, but for a Usenet > news group with any volume at all, c.l.pythong is exceptionally good. I certainly agree with this. And it's definitely a spirit that's worth preserving. -- [mdw] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list