On Apr 23, 6:12 am, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haven't seen anyone mention this book, it is a "Soul of a New Machine"- > style record of the Chandler project. Since Chandler uses Python and > Twisted, and employed a few Python celebs, I thought folks on this > list might have already read the hardcover version. I just picked up > the paperback at B&N yesterday, finished it this evening. It's a > decent read, describing a software project in laymen's terms (like > there are laymen out there who care about that sort of thing!). > > The paperback version adds a chapter including events that transpired > after the hardcover publication date, current up to about October, > '07, so that's a nice touch. > > I'm going to ask my wife to read it so she might learn what I do for a > living. > > -- Paul
Hi, Paul. This book was actually the book which got me into Python! At the time of reading I was in my second year of University, utterly snowed under with Java and C related assignments/personal projects, however, I found time to read this book; I'm /so/ glad I did. I actually heard of the book from an article written by Joel 'Joel on Software', Spolsky. (you can find it here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/01/02.html). It's an interesting read and poses a nice insight into how software projects evolve over time. Alex. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list