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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:49:23 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 09/03/2014 11:41 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:33:46 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>> Python will be incredibly hard if you don't read any of the docs or tutorials available.
>
> You can't accuse me of that.  I have actually read quite a bit.  I may
> not be picking it up, but I am trying.

In that case I apologize for my remark.

Keep trying -- once you get a handle on Python it is a very enjoyable language to use.

--
~Ethan~