[ekm2]

I found it easier to handle Analysis by following the sequence:Spivak ->Apostol->Rudin.

[nextos]

I think I am ready to tackle Rudin, but I don't really like it. I'm not alone there. Arnol'd is said to have called it Bourbakian propaganda. That's a bit extreme, but I certainly dislike books that strive to remove intuition:

http://pauli.uni-muenster.de/~munsteg/arnold.html