Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

bambooforest <bambooforest@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm from a Linguistics background and am new(er) to programming. Could

Welcome! Some of my best memories date from back when I did
computational linguistics (with emphasis on the 'computational', but in
close cooperation with people with emphasis on the 'linguistics', such
as that wonderful scholar and gentleman, Tullio de Mauro).

I've looked at the online Python tutorial at python.org and resources
like O'Reilly's Python in a Nutshell, but they seem to teach you
language syntax and concepts like data types, or assume you already
know how to program.

As the author of said Nutshell, I concur: it *most definitely* does not
teach you programming!!!

I'm searching for something that teaches
programming.

I suggest
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598631128/103-7955757-3523837?v=glanc
e&n=283155>


Alex
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