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1 Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.perl,comp.lang.tcl
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2 Followup-to: comp.lang.misc
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3 Subject: Python 1.0.0 is out!
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4
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5 --> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
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6
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7 --> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
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8
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9 --> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
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10
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11 Maybe you should try Python, the next generation object-oriented
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12 scripting and prototyping language, with a *readable* syntax. Python
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13 has been used by hundreds of happy users all over the world during the
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14 past three years, and is now ready for prime time.
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15
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16 Python is an interpreted language, and has the usual advantages of
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17 such languages, such as run-time checks (e.g. bounds checking),
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18 execution of dynamically generated code, automatic memory allocation,
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19 high level operations on strings, lists and dictionaries (associative
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20 arrays), and a fast edit-compile-run cycle. Additionally, it features
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21 modules, classes, exceptions, and dynamic linking of extensions
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22 written in C or C++. It has arbitrary precision integers.
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23
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24 Python can be run interactively, and there is an extensive Emacs
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25 editing mode which includes the capability to execute regions of code.
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26 For the truly desperate there is a source level debugger (written in
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27 Python, of course :-).
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28
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29 Python comes with a large library of standard modules and classes, as
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30 well as an extensive set of demo programs. It has interfaces to most
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31 Unix system calls and library functions, and there exist extensions
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32 that interface to window systems and graphics libraries like X and
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33 SGI's GL.
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34
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35 Python's source (in C) and documentation (in LaTeX and PostScript) are
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36 freely available on the Internet. It builds without intervention on
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37 most Unix platforms: error-free builds have been confirmed for SGI
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38 IRIX 4 and 5, Sun SunOS 4 and Solaris 2, HP-UX, DEC Ultrix and OSF/1,
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39 IBM AIX, and SCO ODT 3.0. A Macintosh binary is also available -- a
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40 DOS binary is in the works.
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41
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42 If you have a WWW viewer (e.g. Mosaic), you can see all Python
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43 documentation on-line: point your viewer at the URL
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44 http://www.cwi.nl/~guido/Python.html.
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45
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46 The source and documentation are available by anonymous ftp from the
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47 following sites -- please pick the one closest to you:
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48
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49 Site IP address Directory
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51 ftp.cwi.nl 192.16.184.180 /pub/python
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52 gatekeeper.dec.com 16.1.0.2 /pub/plan/python/cwi
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53 ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /languages/python
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54 ftp.fu-berlin.de 130.133.4.50 /pub/unix/languages/python
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55
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56 The file is called python1.0.0.tar.Z (some mirror sites convert it to
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57 a .gz file or split it up in separate parts). See the INDEX file for
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58 other goodies: FAQ, NEWS, PostScript, Emacs info, Mac binary, etc.
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59 (Please don't ask me to mail it to you -- at 1.76 Megabytes it is
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60 unwieldy at least...)
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61
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62 There's a mailing list; write to <python-list@cwi.nl> to subscribe (no
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63 LISTSERV commands please). A FAQ list is regularly posted to
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64 comp.lang.misc. A newsgroup may be created in the near future.
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65
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66 [Excuse the hype -- Python really is a neat language, if I may say so.
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67 Please direct all followups to comp.lang.misc only.]
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68
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69 --Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl>
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70 URL: <http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/people/Guido.van.Rossum.html>
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