A Byte of Python is nominally available for free as a web-based book, but is also available as a PDF download and in printed hard copies. Many translations to languages other than English also exist.

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Interestingly enough, Python isn't the only programming language that this book gets into. It teaches a little bit of C, too. C compliments Python very well, as Python is often compiled in CPython.

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