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