Good book on Python?

[Gabe Newcomb]

For what it's worth, I have the older edition of Programming Python and
I was, and am, really disappointed with it. It's random, not good to
learn from, wordy, and too big! O'Reilly's books are usually so terse,
but this one was ugly.

It's like something published by WROX, except you don't have to see an
8x10 picture of the clown that wrote it on the cover.

Gabe

-----Original Message-----
From: Federico Caboni [mailto:msx at crs4.it]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Good book on Python?


On 14-03-2002 12:26, in article
Pine.GSO.4.43.0203141117120.6137-100000 at muir, "Antonis C Koutalos"
<ack at ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> I would greatly appreciate information about a good book on python. I
> have been programming C for a few years, but I know next to nothing
about
> python. Therefore, I would appreciate a book that describes the basics
of
> python as well as the more advanced features of the language.
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> -A.
> 

Hi,
There are a lot of books about Python nowadays (and, yes,that's GOOD).
I found "Python Essential Reference" by New Riders a very useful book
(that is, if you want a brief but deep explanation of the language,
Provided that you had previous programming experience with other
Languages..) but, AFAIK, it's still based on Python 1.5.2.

I recently bought "Programming Python" by O'Really, and I have to admit
That I don't know if I like it.
It's a very "strange" book, very diifferent from the more famous
"Programming
Perl".
In my opinion it's more like a big cookbook.
And...it assumes you already know the language.
Maybe it can be useful if you already read Python Essential Reference or
Learning Python.

I hope you find this useful.
Bye,

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