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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:10:47 +1100
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On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:03 AM, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to learn python.  I'm doing it via Zed Shaw's Learn Python
> the Hard Way.  Sure enough, 16 lessons in and I've run aground.  Is it
> OK for a painfully stupid ol' fart to ask painfully stupid noob
> questions, here?  I'm a long time usenet fan and prefer it to irc.

Yep! Either here or on the python-tutor list:

https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Just remember to give your question a good subject line, and have all
the necessary details there. This is long, but if you want to know how
to "get the most" out of a community like this, consider this to be
the cheat modes. IDKFA!

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

ChrisA