book for a starter

[Knight, Doug]

Excellent choice. I used the 2nd edition for better than a year as a
reference as I "came up to speed" on the language. Didn't know there was
a 3rd edition out.

Doug

On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 11:08 -0800, Sriram wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial at
> http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
> 
> I find Python Essential Reference (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)
> (Paperback) invaluable though. BTW I have the 2nd edition.
> Amazon link :
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A9N9B1L0O4BYJ/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/002-7062034-2980840
> 
> 
> On Feb 27, 10:58 am, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-
> mail-0306.20.chr0n... at spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> > Wensui Liu wrote:
> > > I just start learning python and have a question regarding books
> > > for a newbie like me.
> >
> > http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks
> >
> > > If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you
> > > pick? ^_^.
> >
> > I'd pick a reference. YMMV.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Björn (having been allowed to buy more than one Python book)
> >
> > --
> > BOFH excuse #314:
> >
> > You need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus.
> 
> 
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