string slicing

[Ishwor]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:31:12 -0800, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:
> 
> "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:

> > a suggestion: if you really want to be productive in python, forget about
> > "is" for a while.

I know what Fredrik means here (Thanx Frederick :) ) but IMHO if the
pattern of forgetting something is taken everytime someone tries to
scratch under the hood, then seriously it'll take ages before someone
seriously learns a language!
 
> The above two tips are in my "top-10 things to tell newbs" list.

You should consider having your own *nice* nifty things to say about
newbs (like me) rather than try to point at someone else's
intellectual property. If you are running out of ideas consider
reading one of those "Complete Idiot's guide to xxxx" :)

> - Josiah
[snip]

-- 
cheers,
Ishwor Gurung