Starving for an Advanced Python Book

[Bjorn Pettersen]

lewst wrote:
> 
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at lemburg.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fredrik Lundh has compiled such a cookbook. I don't have the URL
> > handy, but I'm sure you'll find it on their www.pythonware.com
> > site.
> 
> Yes, this is Fredrik Lundh's eff-bot guide to The Standard Python
> Library which is an on-line book in e-Matter format.  This looks like
> it would be a great book for what I need, but there are a few
> problems.  First, eMatter is not currently available for Unix/Linux.
> While I do have access to Microsoft Windows, I don't own such a
> machine.  Because the eMatter license is tied to the particular
> computer you install the book on, this pretty much rules it out for me
> as a possibility which is unfortunate.  Second, at $12.00, the book
> seems a bit expensive for what it is.  I can understand paying that
> much for an eMatter version of a published book which has gone through
> a rigorous and professional editing process, but not otherwise.
> Nonetheless, I'd still buy it if it supported Linux.

At $12.00 I would say the book is a steal and contains a wealth of
information no serious Python programmer should be without :-)  And if
you're like me, you'll print it out, bind it at Kinko's, and place it
half way between your Linux and win2k boxes <wink>.

-- bjorn