On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 01:12, Federico Lucifredi <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay guys, > I haven't gotten a definite answer on this when I asked a couple of years > back, so I'l ask again - flog me as you may :) > > I have a need to properly learn a certain other "P" language, and I do not > mean PHP either. For Perl, my favorite "concise" summary is the first > chapter of Damian's OO Perl book. What about the other, unnamed, language? > Guido has written up a short language on the book, but what else has proven > popular with people who already knew Perl to expand their range of dynamic > languages - without reading hundred of pages?
I started with http://www.diveintopython.net/ which was a quick read and got me useful pretty quickly. The only other python book I've liked has been Dave Beazley's Essential Reference Python. The first part of the text is the bit that's interesting here; it's a tutorial style, high speed (but comprehensive) whiz through the language: http://www.amazon.com/Python-Essential-Reference-Developers-Library/dp/0672329786 For a complete beginner programmer http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ I've heard good things about (on the off-chance your liberal arts cousin's interested :)) Paul _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
