Textbooks?

[Aahz]

In article <3EAC2962.2050609 at soraia.com>,
Joe Francia  <usenet at soraia.com> wrote:
>
>The Deitels have a textbook called _Python How to Program_ that is aimed 
>at beginning programmers.  I'm not sure how good/bad it is.  Three out 
>of four reviewers on Amazon seem to like it (the fourth guy gave it one 
>star based on its lack of Perl coverage).

If you Google through the history of c.l.py, you'll find many people
giving it a thumbs-down.
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