Preliminaries

Audience

  • Experienced programmers who want to know more about Python.
  • I assume familiarity with fundamental CS concepts.
  • Tutorial is somewhat Unix-centric, but almost everything also applies to Windows/Mac.

Approach

  • No marketing hype or advocacy.
  • Just the facts.

My Background

  • I was drawn to Python as a C programmer.
  • Primary interest has been using it as an interpreted interface for 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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