"wesley chun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >with that said, i would still like to state that the book's target >audience is for people who know how to program but need to pick up >Python as quickly as possible. the "theory" that's in the book is >really more explanation of how the Python interpreter works, >especially the relationship between objects and memory management. >the goal is to give you enough of an understanding of how Python works >"under the covers" that you will write very effective code, even as a >beginner to the language.
Worked for me. The 1/e was the easiest intro to a language I've ever read. (I don't suppose you fancy doing one for Ruby :) Eddie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list