Python Book for a C Programmer?

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On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Javier Novoa C.
<jstitch at invernalia.homelinux.net> wrote:
> On 2012-05-24, alister <alister.ware at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:45:05 -0700, hsaziz wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up
>>> on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it
>>> well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dive into python seems to be quite popular & can be read online fro free
>>
>>
>
> Learning Python by Mark Lutz, from O'Reilly is a good one, I've been
> reading it and it also enforces a comparison between C programming and
> Python. However, it's focused on Python 2, but it also mentions Python
> 3 things in the text...
>

There is a new edition out, copyright 2010 if I recall correctly, that
updates its coverage to Python 3.x, which is the book's primary focus,
though it points out where 3.x syntax does not work in version 2.x.

Cheers!
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