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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:04:09 +1000
Subject: Re: Books?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb64515e@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>  Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
>> online.
>
> I would start with http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

Agreed. And for anything beyond that, I would recommend the anonymous
OP offer some more information, such as current programming skill
level and languages known.

But the tutorial is a good start regardless.

ChrisA