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On 2/16/25 18:40, Salvador Mirzo via Python-list wrote:
> Jan Erik Moström <lists@mostrom.pp.se> writes:
> 
>> On 16 Feb 2025, at 20:47, rbowman via Python-list wrote:
>>
>>> David Beasley's 'Python Distilled'. The author doesn't enumerate Python 3
>>> features specifically but as the title suggests hits the important
>>> concepts.
>>
>> Thanks, I'll take a look
> 
> I can reinforce this recommendation.  I haven't read the entire book,
> but I'm reading it slowly.  The beauty of this book is that it's very
> concise without being just a reference.  Since you're familiar with
> Python already, this is likely a good match to you.

It's what one might call the "spiritual successor" to Dabeaz's earlier 
Python Essential Reference, which for years (early 2000's) was the one 
book I referred to frequently.

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Book recommendation? For getting up to date Jan Erik Moström <lists@mostrom.pp.se> - 2025-02-16 13:50 +0100
  Re: Book recommendation? For getting up to date rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-02-16 19:47 +0000
    Re: Book recommendation? For getting up to date Jan Erik Moström <lists@mostrom.pp.se> - 2025-02-16 21:46 +0100
      Re: Book recommendation? For getting up to date Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-16 22:40 -0300
        Re: Book recommendation? For getting up to date Mats Wichmann <mats@wichmann.us> - 2025-02-17 07:00 -0700
  Re: Book recommendation? For getting up to date Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@free.fr> - 2025-02-18 15:35 +0100

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