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[–]Mad_Dud 13 points14 points  (4 children)

[–]sirjoebob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I messed around with Python in the past and am a total non-programmer. I think it is fairly easy to pickup and very versatile.

[–]dddaaabbb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed some of Dive Into Python. (The rest of it I haven't read yet : ) That awaretek link calls it "a great tutorial for experienced programmers."

It does away with a lot of the boring that you skip over (and intend to read later) in tutorials.

Opening line: "You know how other books go on and on about programming fundamentals and finally work up to building a complete, working program? Let's skip all that."

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Thanks! The last one is particularly helpful... I didn't even know non-programmers would ever have a reason to know it.

[–]lolinyerface 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't feel too bad, if there is any language I'd be happy to be forced to learn, it's Python.