Re: ISO books of official Python docs


"Doug Morse" <morse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrnfoae1t.c2f.morse@xxxxxxxxxxx
| Hi Fredrik,
|
| I'm terribly confused. You want me to apologize for recommending that
someone
| buy your books? To apologize for noting that they are a quality
reference
| sources for Python?

As a past and future technical writer, I can understand Fredrik's reaction.
Your recommendation seemed somewhat lukewarm to me ("So, while not exactly
what you asked for, the ORA books might be a viable alternative if what you
want isn't available" ) and looking back at the original, I do not see
'quality' anywhere. If someone thinks of the docs as low quality, as some
do, then labelling others' work as a reproduction would imply the same of
the reproduction.

There is a HUGH difference between a 'reproduction' and an intended-to-be
more literate and readable writing that covers the same material. (I have
not seen Fredrik's book, so I cannot comment on how well he succeeded.)

Terry Jan Reedy

| On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:59:34 +0100, Fredrik Lundh
<fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| wrote:
| > Doug Morse wrote:
| >
| > > Several of the O'Reilly & Assoc. books -- such as Python in a
Nutshell, The
| > > Python Standard Library, etc -- are in large part reproductions of
the
| > > official docs and references.
| >
| > if you're using "reproduction" to mean "copy", I think you owe both me
| > and Alex a big apology.



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