Preliminaries

Audience

  • Experienced programmers who are familiar with advanced programming topics in other languages.
  • Python programmers who want to know more.
  • Programmers who aren't afraid of gory details.

Disclaimer

  • This tutorial is aimed at an advanced audience
  • I assume prior knowledge of topics in Operating Systems and Networks.
  • Prior experience with Python won't hurt as well.

My Background

  • I was drawn to Python as a C programmer.
  • Primary interest is using Python as an interpreted interface to C programs.
  • Wrote the "Python Essential Reference" in 1999 (New Riders Publishing).
  • All of the material presented here can be found in that source.
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