first book about python

[Paul Rubin]

aleax at mac.com (Alex Martelli) writes:
> Yes, Perl IS harder to learn, BUT -- if you've already decided to learn
> both languages, starting with the harder one need not be a bad idea (the
> Romans' legions, back when they were the best soldiers in the world,

"Learning Perl" is actually a very well-written book for beginning
programmers.  The only thing wrong with it is it's about Perl...