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Tue Apr 10 09:29:06 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/093454.html

At 14:17 10/04/01 +0200, Konrad Hinsen wrote:
>Douglas Alan <nessus at mit.edu> writes:
>
> > > It's concise. It doesn't suppose readers are stupid, and therefore
> > > doesn't explain on ten pages what a variable is. I wish there were
> > > something similar for Python.
> >
> > What's wrong with the Python Tutorial?  It did the job for me.
>
>For me as well, but it is written for people with a solid programming
>background. Many people get stuck as early as section 2.1, where they
>are expected to know what "EOF" stands for and which "file or device
>is connected to standard input".

So, what is needed is:

- a book that doest not suppose that readers are stupid, BUT
- does not go so far as assuming that they already know everything.

This is a very hard balance to achieve... No surprise that few books ever 
achieve it.

Carlos Ribeiro

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