On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Javier Novoa C. <jsti...@invernalia.homelinux.net> wrote: > On 2012-05-24, alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:45:05 -0700, hsaziz wrote: >> >>> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up >>> on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it >>> well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Dive into python seems to be quite popular & can be read online fro free >> >> > > Learning Python by Mark Lutz, from O'Reilly is a good one, I've been > reading it and it also enforces a comparison between C programming and > Python. However, it's focused on Python 2, but it also mentions Python > 3 things in the text... >
There is a new edition out, copyright 2010 if I recall correctly, that updates its coverage to Python 3.x, which is the book's primary focus, though it points out where 3.x syntax does not work in version 2.x. Cheers! boB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
