python newbie having strangeness

[Mel Wilson]

In article <2vit30d6sbvumsi2fqvcvgbi4erqapj9jl at 4ax.com>,
Joe F. Blow <dood at dood.com> wrote:
>The python reference manual totally sucks. It's incredibly difficult
>to find what you want in it and it seems to not even mention lots of
>stuff. Maybe it's there, but I can't find it. List comprehensions are
>barely mentioned, as far as I can tell. When you do find what you want
>to know about, it seems like it's explained in as cryptic a way as
>possible.
>
>Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh!!!

   Yep.  Concentrate on the tutorial and the Library
reference.

   Actually the Reference manual is a good reference, but I
don't know anybody who could learn the language from it.

        Regards.        Mel.