Introduction to Python
            andrei.doncescu@laas.fr
                         Why Python?
                                                             Have your cake and eat it, too:
      Python is a general-purpose interpreted,                 Productivity and readable code
      interactive, object-oriented, and high-level 
      programming language. It was created by                VHLLs will gain on system languages
      Guido van Rossum during 1985- 1990. Like                 (John Ousterhout)
      Perl, Python source code is also available 
      under the GNU General Public License 
      (GPL).                                                 "Life's better without braces"
                                                               (Bruce Eckel)
            For More Information?
             http://python.org/ 
             - documentation, tutorials, beginners guide, core distribution, ...
             Books include:
             Learning Python by Mark Lutz
             Python Essential Reference by David Beazley
             Python Cookbook, ed. by Martelli, Ravenscroft and Ascher
             (online at 
              http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/)
             http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonBooks
             4 Major Versions of Python
              “Python” or “CPython” is written in C/C++
             - Version 2.7 came out in mid-2010
             - Version 3.1.2 came out in early 2010
              “Jython” is written in Java for the JVM
              “IronPython” is written in C# for the .Net environment
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