Someone Something <fordhai...@gmail.com> writes: > Here's the thing. Python has one of the nicest communities of most > software projects (except maybe ubuntu), try Perl or C. Unless you > completely know what you're talking about, have spent atleast 1/2 an > hour researching your problem, those guys will refrain from helping.
Not entirely true, but I do agree, as a long time Perl programmer, that the Usenet Perl community has an above average share of asshats. I have made several attempts to fix that, recent and in the past, but it's just a small clique of regulars that consider themselves above a lot. Compared to that I do consider this group (I read this via Usenet) a lot more friendly. On the other hand, I do agree that if one wants to learn a programming language but considers looking in the obvious places (FAQ, perldoc, etc.) already too much work that programming isn't for that person. And that answering such questions will soon result in a vast stream of questions by the same person, a lot of which could've been answered by a few hours of self-study. Anyway, thanks everybody here for keeping this place readable ;-) Finally, regarding the readable thing: I prefer if people don't top post, or at least don't quote the entire message at the bottom if they consider their reply stand alone enough to warrant a top post. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list