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This is Python release 1.5 alpha 1
This is Python release 1.5 alpha 2
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Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is
often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. For a quick summary of
often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java or Scheme. For a quick summary of
what Python can mean for a UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ.
If you have web access, point your browser to http://www.python.org.
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Aaron Watters wrote a second tutorial, that may be more accessible for
some: http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/archives/95/tutorial/005.html.
There are now also two books on Python. While these are still based
on Python 1.3 or 1.4, the language is so stable now that you'd be
hard pressed to find places where the books are out of date. The
books, both first published in October 1996 and both including a
CD-ROM, form excellent companions to each other:
There are now also several books on Python. While these are still
based on Python 1.3 or 1.4, the language is so stable now that you'd
be hard pressed to find places where the books are out of date. The
first two books, both first published in October 1996 and both
including a CD-ROM, form excellent companions to each other:
Internet Programming with Python
by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, and James Ahlstrom
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O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-197-6
If you prefer to read German, try:
Das Python-Buch
by Martin von Loewis and Nils Fischbeck
Addison-Wesley-Longman, 1997
ISBN: 3-8273-1110-1
If you don't read instructions
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--with-thread: On most Unix systems, you can now use multiple threads.
To enable this, pass --with-thread. (--with-threads is an
alias.) If the library required for threads lives in a
peculiar place, you can use --with-thread=DIRECTORY. In the
Modules/Setup file, enable the thread module. (Threads aren't
enabled automatically because there are run-time penalties
when support for them is compiled in even if you don't use
them.) IMPORTANT: run "make clean" after changing (either
enabling or disabling) this option! Note: for DEC Unix
use --with-dec-threads instead.
peculiar place, you can use --with-thread=DIRECTORY. NOTE:
you must also enable the thread module by uncommenting it in
the Modules/Setup file. (Threads aren't enabled automatically
because there are run-time penalties when support for them is
compiled in even if you don't use them.) IMPORTANT: run "make
clean" after changing (either enabling or disabling) this
option! Note: for DEC Unix use --with-dec-threads instead.
--with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is
supported by the "dl" library by Jack Jansen, which is