Re:The Command Line Crash Course (Zed Shaw)
by wyclif on Saturday December 17, 2011 @12:02PM
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Don't forget, this is a first draft. Since the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour, expect the rough edges to be sanded down over time.
(http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/intro.html)
See, especially, "do not copy paste" which is firm but clearly explains why you don't copy paste.