Ira Solomon wrote: > I am an experienced programmer (40 years). I've done Algol (if you've > heard of that you must be old too), PL/1, VB,VBA, a little C, and a > few other odd languages (e.g. Taskmate). > I'm interested in learning Python and have downloaded a slew of books. > Too many. > I'd like a recommendation as to which books are considered to be the > cream of the crop. > I know there are tutorials on the web, but, again, I don't know the > quality. I would appreciate recommendations on those as well.
Python In A Nutshell: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonian2/ Here's a previous discussion of books for newbies, but I gave my recommendations for other experienced programmers; be forwarned that I'm not quite as experienced as you appear to be. :) http://www.nabble.com/newbie-in-python-td15608979.html#nabble.star15617714-1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list