In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Aug 28, 3:05 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I read an Amazon of Python in a Nutshell. The first edition is supposedly >> much like the web site. What web site? The second edition apparently adds >> more to the book than the web site. > >O'Reilly seems to just read all of the available documentation and >regurgitate it in book form. The "in a nutshell" series being the >worst offender. Most of "Python in a Nutshell" tells you the same >information that you can find at http://docs.python.org, which is >probably "the web site" being referenced. > >Matt
No. No, to an almost libelous extent. As <URL: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=7822/ur0303j/ > hints, the first edition of *PIAN* included abundant material that was found nowhere else. Senior Tcl developers recognized *PIAN*'s unique values to such an extent that they snapped up the second edition quickly when it became available. It's simply mistaken to characterize *PIAN* as merely a regurgitation of the available documentation; in fact, while hewing to the style of its series, it's among the most *original* and well- crafted of books on Python.
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