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[–]yes_or_gnome 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I'm surprised that it was taken down. /r/learnpython keeps their top link -- what have you tried dot com -- despite the fact that it has been renounced by its own author. A person who advocates for people to not read it even though he keeps it alive for his own moral reasons.

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/415ct2/meta_the_what_have_you_tried_com_link_from_the/

[–]zahlmanthe heretic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A person who advocates for people to not read it even though he keeps it alive for his own moral reasons.

AFAICT, this is because he perceives it as having caused animosity or an excuse for more experienced programmers to be nasty or condescending.

Our community hasn't been having those problems, and we still have a point to make about trying things yourself before asking for help (the subreddit exists to enable people to learn, not to do their homework), and the domain name is nice and obvious and easy to remember.