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On 06/08/2015 02:06, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> 0. Classes where Idle is used:
> Where?
> Level?

N/A

>
> Idle users:
>
> 1. Are you
> grade school (1=12)?
> undergraduate (Freshman-Senior)?
> post-graduate (from whatever)?

post-graduate

>
> 2. Are you
> beginner (1st class, maybe 2nd depending on intensity of first)?
> post-beginner?

post-beginner

>
> 3. With respect to programming, are you
> amateur (unpaid)
> professional (paid for programming)
>

All Python work as an amateur.  Former professional who's no longer 
working due to poor health.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence