Newbie, need tutorial D/L

[Alex Martelli]

"S11001001" <ruNsOhSiPnAgM at earthling.net> wrote in message
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> I am only a newbie to python, a perl refugee, in fact. I need a
DOWNLOADABLE,
> as in one tarball or something, tutorial employing DESCRIPTION. I cannot
leave

You may like http://diveintopython.org/download/diveintopython-pdf-3.5-1.zip
the current version of 'Dive into Python'.  It's very fast-paced and it does
give
the impression that the author comes from a Perl background, too.

> the internet connection running as I page through the tutorial at
python.org,
> so I can't go that route. Once I get kernel 2.2.5, I will be able to do
> Internet in Linux, so it will probably be alright. But I prefer to learn
> offline.

Why 2.2.5 when the current stable version is 2.4.8...?  Just curious!


Alex