On 1 Dec, 23:52, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: > Mark Summerfield <l...@qtrac.plus.com> writes: > > It is available as a free PDF download (no registration or anything) > > from InformIT's website. Here's the direct link: > >http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/promotions/... > > Thanks! > > > And of course, if you want more on Python 3, there's always the > > documentation---or my book:-) > > "Programming in Python 3 (Second Edition)" ISBN-10: 0321680561. > > Meh, second edition already? Haven't read the entire first edition > yet. Which is IMO a good book (I also gave it to my brother as a > present).
If it is any consolation, the second edition should have a much longer life, now that we have the language moratorium. (I _really_ wanted to cover 3.1.) > Only negative point (to me) so far is that in the beginning (p8-9) the > book mentions placing Python programs in C:\py3eg which gives me the > unpleasant feeling that someone is coding on Windows XP with > Administrator rights... OK, you got me there, I only use Windows for testing purposes and my personal logon account does have Administrator rights, which I assumed was standard for personal machines? Also, the path is short. It is only a suggestion, it really doesn't matter where you unpack the examples. > Anyway, will add the 2nd edition to my wish list and donate the current > one to the library in Xalapa (USBI) if they want it :-) > > John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
