W H A T A N A M A Z I N G book!

If you are new to programming, i.e., have been buying

books left and right trying to find the "right" one,

this is it!

Ofcourse this is purely subjective, BUT!...I am new

to Linux and very new to progamming, and have tried

reading through numerous scripting/system programming

books, and got frustrated a couple of pages into the

first few chapters (the exception being this one, and

Beginning Java 2 from Wrox).

Learning Python is tailored fit for the newbie-

programmer-wannabe. I have also "tried" Learning

Perl, but found the authors assumed a bit too much

for someone who is supposed to be at the "newbie

learning" stage. I felt they weren't able to

explain OOP concepts, as well as programming in general,

the way I would understand, and the way Learning Python has.

The http://www.python.org site also has good stuff.

BTW, "Always look on the bright side..."