Re: [Tutor] Book recommendation

2016-08-01 Thread Danny Yoo
> One area that is especially troublesome is knowledge of > math. Programming is rooted in math and professional > programmers will have studied math in depth but many > amateur beginners may only have junior school math > level. But how do you find out? > > It's a perennial problem when experts tr

Re: [Tutor] Book recommendation

2016-08-01 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 01/08/16 00:14, D Wyatt wrote: > answers I could understand from you all. While I appreciate the time and > effort you put in helping us out, most of you do not remember what you > didn't used to know, and are often less than helpful because of this. That's a fair point. After 20, 30 or, as

Re: [Tutor] Book recommendation

2016-08-01 Thread John Wong
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 7:14 PM, D Wyatt wrote: > Hello. I've been a member of this group for a very long time and have > played with Python for years, but have never gotten past being a beginner > for various reasons. I just discovered a very good, free book, that is > answering many of the qu

[Tutor] Book recommendation

2016-07-31 Thread D Wyatt
Hello. I've been a member of this group for a very long time and have played with Python for years, but have never gotten past being a beginner for various reasons. I just discovered a very good, free book, that is answering many of the questions I have had in the past that I never got answers I