Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-24 Thread John Machin
On Nov 17, 2:56 pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-11-17, Paul Rubin wrote: > > > mrholtsr writes: > >> Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at > >> programming and python? > > > This group has its grouchy moments > > You've really got to try pretty hard to create one

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-24 Thread bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com
On 20 nov, 20:42, Ethan Furman wrote: > Aahz wrote: > > In article , > > Grant Edwards   wrote: > > >>You've really got to try pretty hard to create one.  But if you > >>want to, here's how to do it: > > >>1) Start by complaining that your program doesn't work because > >>   of a bug in Python. >

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-20 Thread Ethan Furman
Aahz wrote: In article , Grant Edwards wrote: You've really got to try pretty hard to create one. But if you want to, here's how to do it: 1) Start by complaining that your program doesn't work because of a bug in Python. [...] Post of the month! I'll second that! I really needed a

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-20 Thread Aahz
In article , Grant Edwards wrote: > >You've really got to try pretty hard to create one. But if you >want to, here's how to do it: > > 1) Start by complaining that your program doesn't work because >of a bug in Python. > > [...] Post of the month! -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com)

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Tim Chase
1) Start by complaining that your program doesn't work because of a bug in Python. 1b) Omit the fact that this is a homework problem, and you want c.l.p to do your homework for you 4) Once people start to get annoyed that you won't post any example code showing the problem you're h

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Ben Finney
Grant Edwards writes: > 2) State that your program "doesn't work", but don't explain > either what you expect it to do or what it actually does. A different flavour of this is also good for setting the seeds of grouchiness: 2a) Write a Subject field that doesn't say anything about what y

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-11-17, Paul Rubin wrote: > mrholtsr writes: >> Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at >> programming and python? > > This group has its grouchy moments You've really got to try pretty hard to create one. But if you want to, here's how to do it: 1) Start by

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Paul Rubin
mrholtsr writes: > Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at > programming and python? This group has its grouchy moments but for the most part it's reasonably friendly to beginners. The worst thing that usually happens is that if you ask a simple question, a bunch of e

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread George Oliver
On Nov 16, 8:35 am, Terry Reedy wrote: > mrholtsr wrote: > > Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at > > programming and python? > > gmane.comp.python.tutor, which I believe mirrors the tutor-list There also is a beginner's forum at python-forum.org: http://www.python

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Terry Reedy
mrholtsr wrote: Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at programming and python? gmane.comp.python.tutor, which I believe mirrors the tutor-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Tim Chase
mrholtsr wrote: Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at programming and python? http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:01 AM, mrholtsr wrote: > Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at > programming and python? python-tutor: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytho

Re: Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
mrholtsr wrote: > Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at > programming and python? Yes, the tutor-list. http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Newsgroup for beginners

2009-11-16 Thread mrholtsr
Is there a Python newsgroup for those who are strictly beginners at programming and python? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list