Python Books for 2002
Steven D. Majewski
sdm7g at Virginia.EDU
Tue Apr 10 11:25:09 EDT 2001
On 10 Apr 2001, Konrad Hinsen wrote:
> claird at starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:
>
> > 1. I'll renew my periodic appeal for explanation
> > of what makes K&R so wonderful.
> >
> > I think it is, too, but I have trouble being
> > analytic about it.
>
> It's concise. It doesn't suppose readers are stupid, and therefore
> doesn't explain on ten pages what a variable is. I wish there were
> something similar for Python.
Concise!
Did someone in this thread mention:
<http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/dead-trees/story.html>
yet?
You should read his theory on why computer books are (mostly) so bad.
(And why they are marketed "by the pound" ! )
-- Steve Majewski
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