Core Python Programming

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Core Python Programming is a textbook on the Python programming language, written by Wesley J. Chun. The first edition of the book was released on December 14, 2000. The second edition was released several years later on September 18, 2006. Core Python Programming is mainly targeted at higher education students and IT professionals. With each printing, the book is updated and errors are corrected. The official site has updates and errata for those with the older printings as well as changes since the last printing. As of February 2011, this edition was in its fifth printing. The book has been translated into French, Chinese (simplified) and Hindi.

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1. release date: 2000-12-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2006-09-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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