> ever get the chance, you may want to take a look at a book called > Programming Pearls: > > http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/ >
I'll second that. Personally I try to read both books (I have the original 2 volume version!) every couple of years - they are that valuable. Most newbie programmers can learn a lot from Bentley's book(s) - especially about programming for performance. But loads of other tricks too. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor