Whatever the rationale for the price you could buy 2nd Ed 'Core', Chun *and *3rd edition(when it arrives) 'Learning Python', Lutz (the two standard, known and respected beginners texts) for the price of this. Mmm, I wonder what I would buy or rather have as a student.
Eddie PS (My apologies for inadvertently sending this to the original poster instead of the list) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor