Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-20 Thread Joal Heagney
John Connors wrote: > I'm now using an ebook I found called Dive Into Python. I much prefer using > a book so I can duck back a few pages to refresh my memory and reading on > the monitor is a real pain. It seems an excellent reference though so I'll > get around to printing it out sooner or l

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-18 Thread Todd Maynard
John, Just as an FYI, Dive into Python is available in printed form. The http://diveintopython.org website has a link to it on Amazon.com. It might be cheaper than printing it out yourself.. --Todd Maynard -- The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!! On Saturday 18 Februar

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-18 Thread John Connors
G'day, Thanks to the people who replied, I only found them today and hopefully I didn't miss any. For some reason hotmail was sending them to junk even though it allowed the 1st message through and I had added tutor@python.org to my contact list. Should be sorted now I hope! > > print "Hello,

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-17 Thread Alan Gauld
On 16/02/06, John Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 1st dumb question: I have a copy of Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, > printed in 2000 so I guess it's virtually usless but i was hoping to learn > some of the basics from it. There is a small bit of code near the > beginning... I missed

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-16 Thread John Fouhy
On 16/02/06, John Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 1st dumb question: I have a copy of Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, > printed in 2000 so I guess it's virtually usless but i was hoping to learn > some of the basics from it. There is a small bit of code near the > beginning... Check out

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-15 Thread Kent Johnson
Michael Lange wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:05:39 +1100 > "John Connors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a copy of Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, printed in 2000 so I guess it's virtually usless but i was hoping to learn some of the basics from it. > > I don't think the book is completel

Re: [Tutor] G'day

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Lange
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:05:39 +1100 "John Connors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day, I'm new to Python and new to the list and just thought I'd say a quick > hello before asking my 1st dumb question. My name is John and I live in > Australia, I've been using computers since about 1983. I haven

[Tutor] G'day

2006-02-15 Thread John Connors
G'day, I'm new to Python and new to the list and just thought I'd say a quick hello before asking my 1st dumb question. My name is John and I live in Australia, I've been using computers since about 1983. I haven't done any programming since the commodore 64 basic days, I was fairly proficient w