Python in a Nutshell for Python 2.4

[Tuang]

aleaxit at yahoo.com (Alex Martelli) wrote in message news:<1gkkjme.1larcxs9r607kN%aleaxit at yahoo.com>...
> Raymond Hettinger <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > [Tuang]
> > > Does anyone (esp. Alex, if you're listening) know if there is an
> > > update of Python in a Nutshell coming for Python 2.4?
> > 
> > I would say let the poor guy finish the Py2.4 Cookbook update first; afterall,
> > he's only one man.  But now there are two Martelli's on the case, so you might
> > be in luck ;-)
> 
> I have not yet negotiated with O'Reilly about a 2nd edition of the
> Nutshell, but I do suspect they'll be quite happy letting me write one,
> _after_, as RH says, the 2nd edition of the Cookbook (we're still
> targeting March 2004 for that one).  Considering the times involved etc
> etc, I believe it is out of the question for the 2nd edition of the
> Nutshell to be in print in time for OSCON 2005 (==July 2005), alas.  So,
> don't hold your breath: I believe it will be _at least_ a year from now
> before you can buy the 2nd edition of the Nutshell in bookstores:-(.
> 

That's too bad, but thanks for the update, Alex. The quality of your
work makes you the right man for too many jobs, it appears. ;-)

BTW, when you said "still targeting Mar 2004" for the Cookbook, were
you joking about the nature of the book publishing industry, or was it
a typo for a real target date of Mar 2005?