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Best book on Python?

Tim Hammerquist tim at vegeta.ath.cx
Thu Sep 20 00:55:18 EDT 2001 
Me parece que Ian Bolton <boltoni8 at cs.REMOVE_THIS.man.ac.uk> dijo:
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> I am based in the UK and have read about a quarter of a borrowed copy of
> Programming Python 1st edition.  Now that I am back at uni and no longer
> have access to the other book, I am gonna have to buy one.  I've looked at
> Programming Python 2nd edition and it looks good, but is it the best one out
> for an beginner-intermediate programmer?  (My Python experience is limited
> to about 10 weeks worth of programming.)  Also, where's the cheapest place
> to get hold of PP2, or whatever you recommend?

Excellent learning text:
    Learning Python, Mark Lutz, ORA

Excellent reference:
    Python Essential Reference, Beazley?, New Riders (2nd Ed.
    recommended)

I wouldn't waste money on Prog. Python (ORA).  It's a diluted "Learning
Perl" that doesn't really do anything with Python except
Tkinter...unless this is really what you want.

HTH
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