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Another free Python book

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python is a new Python text book covered by the GNU Free Documentation License and available on the web. The thread discussing it on Slashdot gives mixed reviews, with other recommended free alternatives including Mark Pilgrim’s Dive Into Python and Thinking in Python by Bruce Eckel.

Posted 28th July 2002 at 1:10 pm

This is Another free Python book by Simon Willison, posted on 28th July 2002.

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It's not brilliant - I printed it and worked through it, but as there's no python function/method reference it's hard to get going afterwards... and doesn't illustrate much about OO programming either. Had any experience with Ruby?
Peter - 28th July 2002 18:33 - #
Not at all - I found Python and stuck with it. I'll probably try Ruby some day but everything I've heard about it says it's very similar to Python, and I like Python enough not to feel the need to try something that does exactly the same kind of things. There seems to be a lot more documentation / modules available for Python as well.
Simon - 28th July 2002 19:28 - #
My comments on the post are here: http://swannieuk.blogspot.com/2002_07_28_swannieuk _archive.html#79523459
Mark - 28th July 2002 22:53 - #
Testing new comment-is-over-1000-characters warning.
Simon - 28th July 2002 23:04 - #
I want to learn it through free postal books
ranjith - 20th November 2004 10:57 - #
I need a book on CDMA technology
kamana - 6th January 2006 04:56 - #
I need a book on CDMA technology
soran - 10th April 2006 16:48 - #

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