On Mar 2, 12:56 am, Ira Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > Thanks > > Ira
Hi Ira, Get Python installed on your machine - I would suggest the latest 2.5 release then either start up idle (or pythonwin if you have that on windows), or just type python at a command line prompt to get you to pythons shell. The Python shell together with the official tutorial is a great way to learn Python. If you start to flag, then their are a few videos of pre-teen kids learning Python here: http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=beginner_programming If they can learn it .... ;-) Welcome to Python, have fun! - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
