best book in years

[Markus Wankus]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:59:18 +0200, GerritM <gmuller at worldonline.nl> wrote:

> "Patrick Useldinger" <p.useldinger at myrealbox.com> schreef in bericht
> news:opruzmelopdd8opo at news.vo.lu...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am going to stay in hospital for a week or so (nothing serious), and 
>> am
>> trying to find a book or two to read there. As I have not come across
>> anything spectacular recently (except Python in a Nutshell), I would 
>> like
>> to know what *you* consider to be the best book you have read in the 
>> last
>> few years, about Python or IT in general.
>>


I found Neil Stephenson's Crytonomicon to be VERY entertaining.  Didn't 
learn much new about computers or crypto, but quite a yarn nonetheless.  
There's enough in there to say it has some "IT" involved...

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Markus