[Python-authors] intro and looking for writing tips

[Doug Hellmann]

On Jun 11, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Aahz wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>>
>> I'm fairly new to writing and still looking for ways to improve, so  
>> I'll
>> start off with a couple of questions from that perspective: What  
>> books or
>> articles have had an impact on your writing style?  What advice  
>> would you
>> give a new writer?
>
> Read K&R.  It remains one of the best examples ever of condensed
> technical writing that works as both a tutorial and a reference.  If
> nothing else, you'll learn C programming, which is still useful.  ;-)

Wow, that brings back memories.  I think K&R was simultaneously the  
thinnest and most valuable book I had in college.  It's a tough  
standard to live up to.

Doug