[Edu-sig] Petty Issue

Chuck Allison chuck at freshsources.com
Fri May 5 20:14:42 CEST 2006


Hello edu-sig,

  I'm really sorry to waste your time, but this is the only place I
  know to go to get a quick answer.

  I have mentioned here before that I am teaching intermediate Python
  at Symantec in June. Since they merged with another company last
  year, they have some new red tape that disallows one-person
  companies like myself to do business with them (it seems I don't
  have enough liability insurance - true - I have none!). To get
  around the system, I have to, among other things, "sell" them a
  Python book with a CD in it. (Don't ask me why - this is bean
  counting mentality at its best). Anyway, I can't find a worthy book
  with a CD. Most are out of date or too simple. (I wish Martelli's
  books had CDs!) Even John Zelle's excellent book, with has an
  accompanying CD, is too basic for our needs (it's an ideal CS1 book,
  of course). So: do you know of a book with a CD that is
  intermediate, or... do you know of a stand-alone CD product that
  covers some meaty Python?

  Thanks, and again, sorry to interrupt more profitable discussion.

-- 
Best regards,
 -- Chuck Allison




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