Thursday, September 17, 2009

Lovely Python!

I just heard from Bill Xu in China. His book "Lovely Python", an introduction to Python in Chinese, was just published and shot to the top-5 of china-pub.com's bestseller list (at some point it even was #2). I can't read Chinese, but I am very glad that there's a book on Python available for Chinese readers, and that's why I wrote a brief foreword for the book as well. (Also because I am one of the mentors of Zeuux.org.) Links:

This is the Lovely Python page on the book store:

This is the bestseller list:

This is the cover (with front and back) of Lovely Python:

This is my preface:

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9 comments:

  1. Victor NoagbodjiSeptember 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    best use of python mascot ever!

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  2. giannisfsSeptember 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    That was a nice preface ,
    Nice as Python is ;)
    This book will make python even more popular and that's great news :-)

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  3. 9000September 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    Never underestimate the effect of an introductory book on a one-billion population :)

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  4. ylesiukSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    ...and this is a proof that snakes can hug:)

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/Snake-with-foot-found-in-China.html

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  5. MedijokerSeptember 19, 2009 at 5:18 AM

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  6. Guido van RossumSeptember 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    [Sorry, I accidentally deleted a comment:]

    Medijoker said...
    I talked to a Chinese student on Omegle who was learning to program in C++ and I told him about Python and this post.
    I send him a link to your blog, but it couldn't be reached from China, because it was blocked for Chinese users.
    Maybe you can do something about that.

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  7. Guido van RossumSeptember 26, 2009 at 10:02 AM

    Alas, I cannot do something about the Chinese IP blocking. Bill Xu didn't mention it when I sent him the link so I expect the blocking is either erratic or easy to get around.

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  8. Adam BoduchOctober 19, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    Even more Python accessibility. That is always a win!

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  9. A. P. MarkiJanuary 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    That's a cute snake on the book cover, but the cartoon depiction of the "savage cannibal", while also 可爱, does not pass muster, not in this century.

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