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Re: Programming Books (was Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control?)

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On Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:01:24 +0200, John Bokma wrote:

> Another two books I can highly recommend, Python this time:
> 
> Fluent Python (2nd edition) - Luciano Ramalho Effective Python (3rd
> edition) - Brett Slatkin
> 
> Both are *not* beginners books but if you already know some Python and
> want to improve your skills.

At the time Mark Lutz' books were the best Python entry. I have the first 
edition of his 'Python Pocket Reference'. It's a slim book, 75 pages. I 
saw the 5th edition on Amazon and bought it on a whim. It has 254 pages.

While it's still useful as a quick reference it only covers through 3.4. 
That leaves out features I find really useful like f strings. Now 3.15 is 
released.

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            Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-16 10:47 +0100
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-17 02:53 +0000
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          Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-10-16 07:58 -0700
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-16 23:11 +0100
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              Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-16 18:35 +0100
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-16 18:34 +0000
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-17 02:40 +0000
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-17 12:04 +0100
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                Re: Programming Books (was Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control?) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-17 18:26 +0000
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