Is python worth learning as a second language?

David Cournapeau cournape at gmail.com
Mon Mar 9 12:30:51 EDT 2009


On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:33 PM, grocery_stocker <cdalten at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 5:30 am, Nick Craig-Wood <n... at craig-wood.com> wrote:
>> Go here
>>
>>  http://www.diveintopython.org/
>>
>> Download the PDF or buy the book.
>>
>
> What about the stuff on docs.python.org? Isn't that information just
> as reliable?

They do not serve the same purpose. diveintopython is an excellent
introduction to python for someone already familiar with at least one
programming language, and the documentation on python.org aims at
being extensive.

cheers,

David



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