Recommendations please

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8ngm0902as2 at news2.newsguy.com>,
Alex Martelli <alex at magenta.com> wrote:
>
>My current favourite is "The Quick Python Book" by Daryl Harms and
>Kenneth McDonald, published by Manning Publications.  It explicitly
>says that you should have some superficial language of some one
>programming language before you start; but don't know of any *books*
>that claim to teach Python to somebody who's never programmed before
>in any language at all.

_Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours_ by Ivan Van Laningham is intended
for non-programmers.  Disclaimer: I was the technical editor, but that
doesn't stop me from pointing out that while this is probably the best
book available for non-programmers starting with Python, it's not the
best book for non-programmers that I've ever seen -- many of the
examples don't teach proper programming style from my POV.
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