[newbie] Buying an introductory/reference text

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On Thursday 12 September 2002 11:59, Brad Fonseca wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm looking for a few opinions on the above subject.  I'm a computer
> science student who has had some introductory lectures on Python and I've
> done some very basic mucking around with.  I'm looking for a clear
> reference and/or introductory text.  Any suggestions would be nice.  I have
> looked at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/IntroductoryBooks but
> there appears to be a number of good books to choose from there.
>
> Regards,

I believe that "Python: Essential Reference" is about all you need if you have 
programmed in at least one other language.  Top notch book.