Python Books for 2002

Konrad Hinsen hinsen at cnrs-orleans.fr
Thu Apr 5 11:11:29 EDT 2001


claird at starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:

> confusion.  I think a "40 page 'python in depth' treatise"
> would be *snapped up* at retail, even at $10 or 20 US.  The
> market to which Fredrik is apparently referring is that of
> either the publishers or distributors, who find this sort
> of innovation anathema.

Indeed. Everyone I know wants concise books, but publishers think that
only weight matters.

Oxford University Press has started a series of "Very Short Introductions"
which I like a lot, perhaps Fredrik could do one on Python. Unfortunately,
there's no computer-related volume in that series yet :-(
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