Several months ago; Mark Pilgrim contacted me, asking if I would be interesting in writing the foreward to Dive Into Python 3 – the latest revision to his seminal book Dive Into Python.

After I was done being flabbergasted, and after I picked myself off the floor, I gladly accepted. What follows is what I wrote, and what will appear in the print edition of Dive Into Python 3 (amazon link).

I wanted to convey my passion for both the language, the community – for everything involved in this. I wanted to explain why I, as just another developer see Python 3 as critical to the evolution of Python the Language. I also wanted to convey my thanks to Mark for a book which fundamentally helped alter what path I’ve taken in my life.

I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you enjoy Dive Into Python 3.

Seven years ago, had you asked me if I would be sitting here writing the foreword to a book, much less the foreword to a programming book – I would have looked at you incredulously and I’d have probably laughed.

Yet here I am. Seven years ago, I was simply a test engineer with some sc