On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Matimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Aug 28, 3:05 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I read an Amazon of Python in a Nutshell. The first edition is > supposedly > >> much like the web site. What web site? The second edition apparently > adds > >> more to the book than the web site. > > > >O'Reilly seems to just read all of the available documentation and > >regurgitate it in book form. The "in a nutshell" series being the > >worst offender. Most of "Python in a Nutshell" tells you the same > >information that you can find at http://docs.python.org, which is > >probably "the web site" being referenced. > > > >Matt > > No. No, to an almost libelous extent. > > As <URL: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=7822/ur0303j/ > > hints, the first edition of *PIAN* included abundant material > that was found nowhere else. Senior Tcl developers recognized > *PIAN*'s unique values to such an extent that they snapped up > the second edition quickly when it became available. It's > simply mistaken to characterize *PIAN* as merely a regurgitation > of the available documentation; in fact, while hewing to the > style of its series, it's among the most *original* and well- > crafted of books on Python. > > -- Pointing to an article that you wrote doesn't really prove your point. That being said, a quick google search finds plenty of reviews that agree with you. The most common criticism I saw was that the book is not suitable for beginners.
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