<div><br></div><div>Here is another book for beginner, which I found very useful. Its available online.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python">http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>--Rana</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Jeff Lindsay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:progrium@gmail.com">progrium@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I don't think you need macros in SICP to get tremendous value out of it. Anyway, thread is starting to get off topic. Take it offline.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Jon Rosebaugh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@inklesspen.com" target="_blank">jon@inklesspen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">It can't be. Python lacks macros.<div><div></div><div><br>
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On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Jeff Lindsay wrote:<br>
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I agree, but I wish SICP were in Python (for new programmers). I'm not sure how much the new MIT stuff is going to be just that ... but I am taking a lot from SICP in the course I'm putting together.<br>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Jon Rosebaugh <<a href="mailto:jon@inklesspen.com" target="_blank">jon@inklesspen.com</a>> wrote:<br>
Honestly, my recommended approach would be SICP followed by Dive into Python.<br>
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On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Jeff Lindsay wrote:<br>
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I agree. And it's online. Always remember this URL for newcomers: <a href="http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/" target="_blank">http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/</a><br>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Paul Hoffman <<a href="mailto:paul.hoffman@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.hoffman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Jon Rosebaugh <<a href="mailto:jon@inklesspen.com" target="_blank">jon@inklesspen.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> There are a lot of good books freely available on this subject. I'd start<br>
> with Dive into Python, which is currently being updated for py3k.<br>
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And I would counter-suggest "Learning Python", which seems better<br>
suited for non-geeks than Dive (although Dive is certainly more fun to<br>
read).<br>
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