[Doc-SIG] Python book ideas

[Guido van Rossum]

> I've recently done some VBA programming, and it struck me
> how many similarities there are between Python and VBA. I
> feel that Python syntax is VBA done right!
> 
> When I thought about this I realized how rare it is that you
> see things like Python tutorials for VB programmers or
> comparisions between VB and Python sysntax etc. You can find
> side by side comparisions between Python and almost every
> programming language available as open source out there, but
> I've never seen any text (or Python book, and I have more
> than a dozen of them) explaining Python from a VB perspective.
> Not even Hammond & Robinson does this.
> 
> Considering the amount of Visual Basic programmers out there,
> I think this is a great book idea. Probably one of the most
> needed Python books right now!

I can get you in touch with a publisher if you need one.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)