Will "Python in a Nutshell" be too short?

[Jacob Hallen]

In article <915a998f.0209230848.60cc1415 at posting.google.com>,
Hamish Lawson <hamish_lawson at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Steve Holden wrote:
>
>> I wil be very surprised if Alex' book does not become the canonical
>> reference for the language, since his treatment is exceptionally thorough
>> and (even for him) more than usually precise.
>
>I had no doubts about this - I'm just a greedy so-and-so who wanted to
>have Alex's treatment over as wide a range of material as would fit
>into a book that could still qualify to be called a nutshell! I'm
>therefore delighted to learn from Alex that his book will in fact
>cover a good number of the most popular third-party libraries, and
>I'll therefore get to throw away a bunch of printed-out notes after
>all (which is what I meant when I hoped that "Python in a Nutshell"
>would be a one-stop reference). I know Alex wanted to keep the book to
>about 400 pages, but for me the 600 pages that the book has grown to
>is still nutshell enough and a small price to pay for the breadth of
>coverage. I'm looking forward to it.
>
>
>Hamish

I have had a small peek at 2 chapters in Alex Nutshell book. All I can say is
that I think it is going to be the best Python reference on the market.

Jacob Hallén

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