Learning Python

[Mick T]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 14:17 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> I may need to learn Python in the next few weeks. I would like someone
> to recommend a good book to use to learn Python. I've been writing C and
> C++ code for 20 years (FORTRAN and BASIC for much longer), so I want a
> book that is written more for C or C++ programmers.

Interestingly enough I've in the process of learning Python myself and
I've been skimming over 2 freely available books:
Dive into Python 
http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" in Python. 
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/html/index.html

For "Dive into Python" a PDF and other file formats are available:
http://diveintopython.org/

It's not necessarily geared towards C/C++ progammers, but I've a C/Java
background and haven't found it (too) difficult.  "How to Think Like a
Computer Scientist" in Python, is decent, quick read for an experienced
programmer. 

Both of these books are used MIT's OpenCourseWare's intro to CS and
Programming:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htm

Luck
Mick