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Re:Ask HN: ______ is to Python as K&R is to C?
by imurray on Saturday April 30, 2011 @10:23AM
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That page says "If you can already code then the book will probably drive you insane", which doesn't match the poster's request.
(The parent, now deleted, was referring to http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ which a couple of other posters also link to.)