Python Tutorial Notes

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Python Tutorial Notes. Jacob Lee, SigPLAN. February 21, 2004. 1 Introduction. Python is a modern programming language with a wide range of applications, …

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Python Tutorial Notes
Jacob Lee, SigPLAN
February 21, 2004
1 Introduction
Python is a modern programming language with a wide range of applications,
from simple scripts to large-scale software development. Python’s most widespread
niche is scripting and rapid prototyping, but it is also used for everything from
web application frameworks (such as Zope) to graphics programming (such as
PyGame). Well-written Python programs are readable, elegant, and simple;
they also tend to be shorter than implementations in other, less dynamic, languages.
Whitespace
The most immediate di?erence most programmers notice when seeing python
code for the ?rst time is that blocks are delimited not by braces (like in C) or
by keywords (like in BASIC), but by whitespace and indentation. Many people
never get over this fact and categorically dismiss Python because…