# HG changeset patch
# User Atul Varma <varmaa@toolness.com>
# Date 1212782047 25200
# Node ID b3fdf83125c272431649adb6e4308cfa37db1272
# Parent  eccfb8efc18655af0ca2f00af35095dd32a5e2db
Minor wording changes suggested by aza

diff -r eccfb8efc186 -r b3fdf83125c2 PythonForJsProgrammers.txt
--- a/PythonForJsProgrammers.txt	Fri Jun 06 12:35:18 2008 -0700
+++ b/PythonForJsProgrammers.txt	Fri Jun 06 12:54:07 2008 -0700
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 whitespace?
 
 This is actually a violation of the `Don't Repeat Yourself`_ (DRY)
-principle popularized by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas.  Because unneeded
-extra work is required when moving from a single-line clause to a
+principle popularized by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas.  Because extra
+work is required when moving from a single-line clause to a
 multiple-line clause, it's a constant source of errors in C-like
-languages, and many stylistic rules and arguments have been spawned as
+languages, and stylistic rules and arguments have been spawned as
 a result of this mistake in language design.
 
 Python is one of the few languages that takes the simpler and more
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@
 If there's a function you're interested in learning more about, you
 can look at the built-in documentation metadata associated with the
 object--known as the `docstring`--by querying the object's ``__doc__``
-attribute:
+attribute.  For instance, here's how to get help on the string
+object's ``join()`` method:
 
     >>> print "a string".join.__doc__
     S.join(sequence) -> string
@@ -119,8 +120,7 @@
     Return a string which is the concatenation of the strings in the
     sequence.  The separator between elements is S.
 
-This makes it very easy and fun to explore the language and its
-environs.
+This makes it easy and fun to explore the language and its environs.
 
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