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From: ew <mail@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Literature on Python
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:51:06
Message-Id: 4741AFC8.2020009@erikweber.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Literature on Python by Albert Hopkins
1 check out http://diveintopython.org/
2 you can read the book online and then think about buying it for having
3 some paper in your hands :)
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8 Albert Hopkins wrote:
9 > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:01 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
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11 >> Hi list!
12 >>
13 >> I need a recommendation for a good book to learn Python for people
14 >> experienced in C++ but not Bash, Java or CMD/Powershell.
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16 >> It shouldn't focus on Linux all too much.
17 >>
18 >
19 > Well, the usual answers are:
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21 > python.org (official tutorial)
22 > _Learning Python_ (the O'Reilley book)
23 > _Programming Python_ (the O'Reilly book, how I learned Python)
24 > comp.lang.python (great newsgroup, excellent SNR)
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27 > But Bash/Powershell shouldn't be necessary to learn Python. Bash has
28 > little in common with Python. Powershell can be thought of as a broken
29 > Python/bash/Perl/whatever_else_they_could_think_of_to_throw_in. Python
30 > can be thought of as a fixed Java ;-)
31 >
32 > -a
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