On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Erik Price wrote:

>  I think the Perl Cookbook is great.
> 
>  So what's the verdict on the Python equivalent?  Normally I try to read
>  a book for an hour or two in the store to get a feel for whether or not
>  I'll like it.  I have to admit I haven't spent that much time with this
>  offering, but it's also written by many contributors, so even then it
>  might be difficult to get a grasp of the book overall.

I think it's pretty good; have you had a chance to look at the sample
Chapter 1 yet?

    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook/chapter/index.html

As a warning: I'm not a disinterested party in my endorsement.  *grin*


There's a lot of good material in the book, including Chapter 17 on
Algorithms.  When I have a chance, I'd love to take a closer look at 17.16
"Converting Numbers to Rationals via Farey Fractions".


(Offtopic apology: Please forgive me for being so unresponsive to the list
the past week; I've been trying to catch up with work.)

Best of wishes to you!


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