Transcription of Introduction to Python - Harvard University
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Introduction to PythonHeavily based on presentations by Matt Huenerfauth (Penn State) Guido van Rossum (Google) Richard P. Muller (Caltech) ..Monday, October 19, 2009 Open source general-purpose language. object Oriented, Procedural, Functional Easy to interface with C/ObjC/Java/Fortran Easy-ish to interface with C++ (via SWIG) Great interactive environment Downloads: Documentation: Free book: , October 19, 2009 / / ??? Current version is Mainstream version is The new kid on the block is probably want unless you are starting from scratch. Then maybe , October 19, 2009 Technical IssuesInstalling & Running PythonMonday, October 19, 2009 Binaries Python comes pre-installed with Mac OS X and Linux.
reference to some object. • Assignment creates references, not copies • Names in Python do not have an intrinsic type. Objects have types. • Python determines the type of the reference automatically based on the data object assigned to it. • You create a name the first time it appears on the left side of an assignment expression: !x = 3
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