Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-21 Thread Evgeny
maybe How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/ will help -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-21 Thread bruno at modulix
bambooforest wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm from a Linguistics background and am new(er) to programming. Could > someone recommend a book or resource that teaches programming aspects > with Python? Python I hear is a very appropriate language for handling > text and language processing. You may want to

Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-20 Thread Alex Martelli
bambooforest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm from a Linguistics background and am new(er) to programming. Could Welcome! Some of my best memories date from back when I did computational linguistics (with emphasis on the 'computational', but in close cooperation with people with emp

Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-20 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Steve, Try this. http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ If you were at the Python.org site, and clicked on "Getting started," the first sentence says, "Are you completely new to programming?" That's you, right? ;) http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers After you learn

Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-20 Thread Michael Tobis
You may be interested in Programming Patterns in Python: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130409561/103-9277940-9267015?v=glance&n=283155 It's out of print but Amazon has some; not everyone likes it but I think it tries to do what you are asking for. mt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

2006-04-20 Thread Gaz
bambooforest ha escrito: > Hi all, > > I'm from a Linguistics background and am new(er) to programming. Could > someone recommend a book or resource that teaches programming aspects > with Python? Python I hear is a very appropriate language for handling > text and language processing. > > I'm se