The book "Programming Python" by Lutz

[Robin Munn]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:01:06 GMT, Hans Kristian Ruud <hans at inenco.no> wrote:
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>DeepBleu wrote:
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>> Hans
>> Just to preserve credits:
>> Programming Python is by Mark Lutz.
>> Check the book at Amazon.com (they have an index I believe) and at Oreilly's
>> web site (for a table of contents and other information).  This can be a
>> starting point.  I myself did not bother with the information since I have
>> the 1st edition and it is still serving me well.
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>I have the 1st edition, I am just wondering if it is any point in hgetting the
>2nd as well.

I have the 2nd edition, and I just borrowed a copy of the 1st edition
from a colleague. I've only skimmed the 1st edition *VERY* briefly, so
be warned that this isn't an in-depth review of the differences between
them, but my impression is that these feel like two different books. 2e
seems to spend a lot more time on GUI issues (Tkinter, specifically)
than 1e did. And where 1e did data structures as an example of OOP, 2e
seems to focus more on solving practical problems, and Internet-related
issues.

Best solution? Persuade a colleague to buy the 2nd edition, then borrow
it. :-) Beyond that, I'd say it might be worth it. Probably not at full
price, but bookpool.com generally has about a 40% discount on O'Reilly
titles, and at that price it's probably worth picking up a copy. I don't
know what the shipping costs to Norway would be, though.

-- 
Robin Munn
rmunn at pobox.com