[Doc-SIG] Python book ideas

[Aahz]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>Magnus:
>>
>> 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.

Heh.  That was my line, but you're obviously a better person if you've
got the bandwidth.

Magnus, if you want a co-author and nobody else responds to this thread
here, I'd suggest posting to c.l.py and c.l.py.announce.
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