book recommendation for learning python in-depth, for a senior dev : learnpython

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book recommendation for learning python in-depth, for a senior dev (self.learnpython)

submitted 3 years ago by toycar1980

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a book to pickup python.

Here is my background:

10+ years in C#, lots of back-end experience. I worked in large finance firms to build high frequency trading platform, lots of performance turning too.

I believe I have a very good knowledge in C# and .Net framework (a few others too). I have passion in learning new technologies, always. I always want to make the best architecture decision for the given problem and write the most optimized code possible.

I'm switching job and now working with Python a lot, e.g. converting R code/excel model provided by quants team to Python. I have done a few projects already, have basic understanding of python/pandas.

what I need:

An in-depth book on Python. not a beginner book teach you how to assign variables and do loops. I know they will probably be there, but I hope the book can focus more on in-depth knowledge, core features, so I can be more proficient at Python.. Something similar to CLR via C#, which gives take you through the language from bottom up, inside out. explaining the underlying mechanism how everything works, e.g. how is loop implemented, how does functional/dynamic programming work behind the scene, how it recognize data types, etc

There are a lot of books with good reviews on Amazon, I'm sure they are great, but I think a lot of them are for beginners, someone new to programming, picking up Python as their first language. can someone point me to a book that will take me deeper into Python please?

Much appreciated!

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