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Think Python

Posted by michael on from the because-thinking-perl-hurts-too-much dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a neverending effort to spread the word about free quality online programming books, here is a Python programming book. 'How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning With Python', by Allen B. Downey, Chris Meyers, and Jeffrey Elkner is a copylefted work available in multiple formats at Green Tea Press: HTML , PDF, LaTeX. Compliments of the online books what's new page."

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  1. Fp? by Loman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post? Prolly 2nd or 3rd actually :(

  2. Steal Alanis Morrissette's Look! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    STEAL ALANIS MORISSETTE'S LOOK! .

    Hair
    For Morissette's princess look, hairstylist Danielle Russell let her hair air-dry and applied Kiehl's Creme with Silk Groom to take away the frizzes. She then used American Crew pomade, running it through her hair with her fingers, followed by a little heat from a dryer. She used a straightening iron to keep Morissette's luxuriant waist-length locks sleek (even in front of a wind machine). "We made it messy for the realistic part of the shoot, then made it very coifed and piecey for the period," says Russell.

    Eyes
    "I don't like it when my lips steal the show," says Morissette. "If the eyes are the windows to the soul, I'd rather people look there first." Makeup artist Cheryl Platt used Stila Barefoot Contessa shadow and a wet black liner on the upper lash line. Maybelline Great Lash mascara in Very Black, applied to curled lashes, finished the look.

    Lips
    "We used MAC Spice lip pencil and blended it," says Platt. "Then we applied a soft ruby gloss."

    Clothes
    Stylist Leesa Evans chose a White Trash Charms unicorn necklace (pictured here, $195; 310-854-1058) to suit the video's mythical theme. Morissette wore nine different outfits in the video, including a cotton knit navy-and-white-striped print shirt by Earl Jean, Theory low-rise linen trousers and an Urban Outfitters gray cotton spaghetti-strap tank top -- for the video's reality scenes. "One thing I love about her is that she's not afraid to be a sexy woman," says Evans.

  3. Re:Dive Into Python by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want to dive into Mark's rectum.

  4. Re:Perl? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perl and Python are very dissimilar.

    Please stop confusing them just because they are short words that start with the letter 'P'. Thanks.