My CTO is learning Python....

[holger krekel]

Aahz wrote:
> In article <mailman.1046514724.12510.python-list at python.org>,
> Bjorn Pettersen <BPettersen at NAREX.com> wrote:
> >
> >...time to run screeming from the building <wink>. His problem, is that
> >"There doesn't seem to be any good books on Python". Pressed a little
> >more, it was refined to "either the documentation assumes you've never
> >programmed before, and spends volumes of text introducing loop
> >constructs etc." (that was the commentary on the Tutorial <sigh>), "or,
> >the author seems to be in love with the language purely for its advanced
> >and obscure features" (he'd hoped 'Thinking in Python' would be like the
> >C++/Java equivalent...). Pressed a little bit further, he commented:
> >"what I'm really looking for is a quick introduction for someone that
> >allready knows C++ or Java".
> 
> Python Essential Reference

yip, i came from c++ and java and enjoyed it.  especially since
it explained some of the "introspection" internals which give
a good idea of whats going on. 

    holger