Deitel and Deitel Book...

[DeepBleu]

"Anthony_Barker" <anthony_barker at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "DeepBleu" <DeepBleu at DeepBleu.org> wrote in message
> > Deitel and Deitel book on Python?  I personally would not touch it.
Give me
> > a book written by Lutz, Holden or Hammond any time.  But not from the
> > establishment of Deitel.  I bet you they do not even know how to program
in
> > Python.  All their books are churned out by what resembles an
> > industry-complex with standard issue.
> > Long ago I discovered a mistake in their old C++ How to Program.  I sent
> > them an e-mail.  The answer still brings vivd memories of when you feel
like
> > throwing up.  Arrogant bunch of oppurtunists who are not worth the price
of
> > the paper their books are printed on.
> > You want books on Python:  Buy Beazley, Lundh, Holden, Hammond, Greyson
> > etc....
> > Leave Deitel alone!
> > DeepBleu
>
> [...........] That said,
> more books on the python landscape is a good thing. And as the
> previous poster said, programming books are a personal thing.
>
I certainly agree with you on this one.  I had formed a negative bias about
them out of my old encounter with them over the error in C++ How to Program.
>
> I would love to see books on Algorithms with Python (makes a perfect
> fit), and more advanced topics such as threads and extending python.

I'd love to see something like that specially on threads and extending
Python.  This is something I can use.
DeepBleu