[Discuss] Looking for Python advice

[Lloyd Budd]

On 8/19/07, Deryk Barker <dbarker at camosun.bc.ca> wrote:
>
> BTW the O'Reilly book - assuming that' the Mark Lutz one - is not IMHO a
> good book. Essential Python  is an essential desktop reference, which
> is  why my copy is so battered.
>
> You might like to try the open source book How to Think Like a Computer
> Scientist (http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/) which is also
> available in C++ and Java versions (no comment)

Dive Into Python seems to almost always be mentioned in the same
breath as How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. It's another great
path to Python for the experienced programmer.
http://www.diveintopython.org/

Cheers,
Lloyd