Programming Tutorial for absolute beginners

[John Salerno]

bill pursell wrote:

> 1) in the section on the interactive interpreter you have the sentence:
> "In Linux open a shell and type python (must be lower case)".  It
> would be nice if the word 'python' were in a different font, or perhaps

<code>python</code> would be good there.

> 2) In the section on installing, you begin with:
> "Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
> language.".  The complete novice sees those words and expects
> them to be explained, but there is no definition given.  I would
> recommend simplifying that sentence, or explaining the terms.

I had that same thought, actually.

Also, is the section called "pretty printing" mistitled? Doesn't that 
name refer to the pprint module?

It looks real nice though.