tool: Python

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Language:	Python
Version:	1.3
Parts:	interpeter, libraries, documentation, emacs macros
Author:	Guido van Rossum <guido@cwi.nl> OS/2 port by: Simon K Johnston <S.K.Johnston.bra0801@oasis.icl.co.uk>
Location:	ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python* n.america: ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/plan/python n.america: ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/python europe: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/languages/python europe: ftp://ftp.interet.com/pub/python finland: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/python uk: ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/uunet/languages/python
Description:	Python is a simple, yet powerful programming language that bridges the gap between C and shell programming, and is thus ideally suited for rapid prototyping. Its syntax is put together from constructs borrowed from a variety of other languages; most prominent are influences from ABC, C, Modula-3 and Icon. Python is object oriented and is suitable for fairly large programs.
Features:	+ packages + exceptions + good C interface + dynamic loading of C modules + methods, inheritance - arbitrary restrictions + supports the native windowing system with most platforms - does not support a common windowing api across platforms A beta release of the X extension for Python release 1.3 is now available by anonymous ftp://from ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/sjoerd/python-X.tar.gz Preformatted documentation is available from ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/sjoerd/python-X-doc.ps.gz
Reference:	Python documentation http://www.python.org/
Extensions:	tkinter (Tcl's Tk), termios, curses, syslog, sybase
Ports:	unix, Macintosh, OS/2, Windows 3.1 (with Win32s), Windows NT
Discussion:	python-list-request@cwi.nl
Updated:	March 20th, 1996

language: Python

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