On Jun 26, 8:48 pm, Randy Foiles <ab...@127.0.0.1> wrote: > Hello and thank you for taking your time to read this. > I was interested in learning about python. In the long ago past I did > learn some programing but I have not used any of it for years. I do > remember some basics however so the book does not have to be for a total > beginner. (C, C++, BASIC, Visual BASIC, Pascal and some ADA) > I have been using Linux for a while and overall still don't know much > about it but I can find my way. I have my system dual boot with windows > vista. > I do realize that everyone is different but I would like to see some > suggestions and maybe reasons why you think it is good. I have looked > for/searched and found a few different books but as my means are a bit > limited right now I don't really want to buy several just one or maybe > two books. > Oh and if someone knows a place to find some used books of this sort > that would be great (ebay I guess :) > Thanks for your thoughts > Randy theslayers9 gmail
The Oreilly "Python in a Nutshell" (2006, 2nd ed.) book is very good and will get you up to speed in short order. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list