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Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
reserved.

Copyright (C) 2000 BeOpen.com.  All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.  All rights
reserved.

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     Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language.  It has
     efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective
     approach to object-oriented programming.  Python's elegant syntax
     and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it
     an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development
     in many areas on most platforms.

     The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are
     freely available in source or binary form for all major platforms
     from the Python web site, <http://www.python.org>, and can be
     freely distributed.  The same site also contains distributions of
     and pointers to many free third party Python modules, programs and
     tools, and additional documentation.

     The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and
     data types implemented in C or C++ (or other languages callable
     from C).  Python is also suitable as an extension language for
     customizable applications.

     This tutorial introduces the reader informally to the basic
     concepts and features of the Python language and system.  It helps
     to have a Python interpreter handy for hands-on experience, but
     all examples are self-contained, so the tutorial can be read
     off-line as well.

     For a description of standard objects and modules, see the
     document.  The  gives a more formal definition of the language.
     To write extensions in C or C++, read  and .  There are also
     several books covering Python in depth.

     This tutorial does not attempt to be comprehensive and cover every
     single feature, or even every commonly used feature.  Instead, it
     introduces many of Python's most noteworthy features, and will give
     you a good idea of the language's flavor and style.  After reading
     it, you will be able to read and write Python modules and
     programs, and you will be ready to learn more about the various
     Python library modules described in the .



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