Alex Hunsley wrote: > My apologies to the OP for assuming he was wanting to have a private one > on one email discussion.
There are certainly times when it's appropriate to request private assistance, and I personally think it's ok to make such a request available in this forum, but maybe I'm not representative for the community. It didn't look like a serious RFQ though. ;^) > Setting up a community is a more commendable thign to do. On the other hand, joining one that already exists and seems to cover the same subject is probably more practical. I guess the tutor mailing list has a non-obvious name, but it seems to be just what the doctor ordered in this case. I think additional fora like this google group do more harm than good. It's one thing if it covers a need that isn't well covered elsewhere, for instance Python discussion in some other language than English (Essemessese?) or some particular aspect of Python programming, but last time I looked, tutor was an excellent newbie resource. As on comp.lang.python, the python-tutor sub-culture seems to favour spelled-out words in English in contrast to e.g. SMS style though. I guess the general idea is to make it as easy as possible for those who are to read and answer the questions. They do enough unpaid work anyway. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
