Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-16 Thread Paul Boddie
On 15 Aug, 19:52, Dennis Lee Bieber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully it isn't quite as annoying as some of what I've found in the Turbogears book that recently arrived from Amazon. (Rapid Web Applications with TurboGears) Is this the book that came out before TurboGears even reached

Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-16 Thread Carsten Haese
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 04:21 -0700, Paul Boddie wrote: [...] I pity the people writing Python books given continuous changes to the language and the associated recommended development practices as new features go in, but tracking a target prior to any kind of stable release seems a bit too

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-15 Thread kyosohma
from another programming language! On 8/14/07, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-15 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2007-08-15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason, the author makes the claim that the term Predicate is bandied about quite a bit in the literature of Python. I have 17 or so Python books and I don't think I've ever seen this used in conjunction with Python...or in any

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-15 Thread Alex Martelli
Neil Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-08-15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason, the author makes the claim that the term Predicate is bandied about quite a bit in the literature of Python. I have 17 or so Python books and I don't think I've ever seen this

Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-15 Thread kyosohma
On Aug 15, 12:52 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:32:30 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: More on the subject...the writer is very conversational in tone and it makes for a light read in the first 1 1/2 chapters that

Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread Dick Moores
I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007 Edition: 1st edition Binding: Paperback Pages: 508 ISBN: 1598631586 List Price: 34.99 USD The book on the publisher's

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread kyosohma
On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007 Edition: 1st edition Binding: Paperback Pages: 508

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread Dick Moores
At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread James Matthews
Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread Shawn Milochik
: On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007 Edition: 1st edition Binding

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

2007-08-14 Thread kyosohma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course