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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:52:31 +1100
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On 5 March 2014 10:03, 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.

The python-tutor mailing list exists for precisely those kind of questions:

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

You might also find it interesting to browse/download previous messages
in the archive at that link.

See you there :)