On Aug 4, 7:23 am, "dhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > newbie question: > > Is there a 'K&R" type of Python book? The book that you'd better have on > your shelf if you are going into Python?
Personally, I have two paths for you to take. If you are a programmer already, then I would recommend that you buy Python in a Nutshell. It is actually a very concise book for people who just want to know what the language provides. I would actually recommend stopping once you get to the library reference and I would make sure look into classes. After you done with that day-long read, I would get your hands on the newest version of "Progamming Python" (O'Reilly). It has a lot of practical applications for Python and it is *not* a one-day read. It is enormous and it skips around a lot. I like it because it is doesn't necessarily stick to one topic so you pick up a lot of tricks along the way. It gets you started off learning some sweet c-style OS functions. If you don't know just about everything about Python by the end of that book, I would be very surprised. BTW, almost all of the Nutshell books have been fabulous. They kind of put it out there for you to suck up like a vacuum. The only failure in my opinion is the PHP nutshell . . . Since you even know hwo K&R (good job) is, then I assume you know how to program and are ready to skip all the crap. Best of luck, Travis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
