On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 05:58:49PM +1100, Daniel Bush wrote:
> On 11/8/05, Mark Johnathan Greenaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 04:55:52PM +1100, David wrote:
> > > Is there a newbie oriented #python on irc somewhere? or something
> > similar?
> >
> > Yes, there's a #python channel on irc.freenode.net<http://irc.freenode.net>.
> > There's a good
> > collection of introductory material at
> > http://www.python.org/doc/Intros.html

I couldn't get onto irc.freenode.net/#python. I get this message:

#python  You need to be identified to join that channel

> I know irc was the topic but in terms of general resources
> diveintopython.org <http://diveintopython.org> also looks very good for
> beginners and up. (http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html).

I've looked at that, and also a couple of other good beginner resources, 
but just spent 1/2 a day trying to resolve something that i'm sure someone 
could answer in 30 seconds :(  In the end, I kludged around it.

Sometimes, humans are the best resource

(PS: the problem was determining the data type of a list item at run 
time.. I dare say with experience I'll find a better way :)
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