Books to begin learning Python

[Mike Driscoll]

On Aug 7, 1:12 pm, Beliavsky <beliav... at aol.com> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 4:08 pm, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 6, 2:56 pm, Edward Cormier <ecormier... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Which computer books are the best to begin learning Python 2.5 with?
> > > I've heard that Learning Python 3rd Edition is a good choice - can
> > > anyone give any more advice on this?
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > There's lots of good books to read, including a few online ones. A lot
> > of people like "Dive Into Python" (http://diveintopython.org/). If you
> > want LOTS of information and some good code examples, Lutz's
> > "Programming Python 3rd Ed" is great.
>
> I have the 2nd edition. Has the 3rd edition been rewritten so that all
> of its code will be valid in Python 3? I'd prefer not to buy Python
> books that will become obsolete.

As Wojtek already pointed out, Lutz's 3rd edition is written with 2.x
in mind. I think it's 2.4 or 2.5, but I forget exactly which. Still,
most programming books are "obsolete" almost from the day their
printed. I'm not aware of any Python 3.0 books...

Mike