Python Book for a C Programmer?

Javier Novoa C. jstitch at invernalia.homelinux.net
Thu May 24 12:14:36 EDT 2012


On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 08:34:24AM -0500, boB Stepp wrote:
> 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!
> boB
> 

Oh thanks! that I didn't knew...

-- 
Javier Novoa C.



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