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Where did Python come from
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Python is an interpreted language like BASIC but its syntax is more like C/C++ or PERL. It is object-oriented, "loosely-typed," scalable, portable, embeddable, extendable, and (best of all) free. It is used a lot in prototyping but I've also seen it used as a replacement for other scripting languages.
It originally started out as a beginning programming language called ABC. ABC never caught on but Guido van Rossum (co-author of ABC) ovehauled it and named it Python after "Monte Python's Flying Circus."
Check out the websites , or . Included in the language download is (or used to be) a tutorial by Guido van Rossum. In it he tells how he came up with Python.
James P. Cottingham
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It originally started out as a beginning programming language called ABC. ABC never caught on but Guido van Rossum (co-author of ABC) ovehauled it and named it Python after "Monte Python's Flying Circus."
Check out the websites , or . Included in the language download is (or used to be) a tutorial by Guido van Rossum. In it he tells how he came up with Python.
James P. Cottingham
All opinions are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
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