Is 'learning python 5th edition' a good book to beginner?

[boB Stepp]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro
<lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Judging from the table of contents <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028154.do>, it spends too much time (i.e. > 0) talking about Python 2.

I own this book.  The 5th edition covers both Python 3.3 and 2.7.  Its
emphasis is slanted to 3.3, but it *thoroughly* covers the core
language for both.

As far as the OP's original question, if he is comfortable with
programming in other languages, then this book can serve him well if
he wants to know all the details of the language.  The author does use
a tutorial approach, but it is a massive text that tries to cover
everything in the core language with selected examination of parts of
the standard library.

HTH!
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boB