"tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > reference to the core language and standard libraries. It looks like > Beazely's Essential Reference and the Martelli's Nutshell book are > both aimed to fill this role - any reason to choose one over the > other?
I have earlier editions of both books, and in fact have owned two versions of Beazley's book. Both books cover very similar ground and do it well. As a matter of taste I prefer the Nutshell one, but that's mainly because Beazley's one is in very small font. OTOH Beazleys is the more up to date, covering Python 2.5 and, I believe, references to 3.0 as well. But they have been leapfrogging each other for years - Beazley got in first then Nutshell, then Beazley's 2nd ed etc... Neither says significantly more than the online docs, for that you need bigger more specific references. HTH, Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
