rzed wrote: > Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:7ab5b781-3c6c- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> please tell me what is python.This group is so crowded. >> > > I see nobody has chosen to answer your question seriously. I'll > give you an answer, but it is probably not to the question you are > asking, either. > > Python is not one thing. > > Python is the name of a computer language, which you can determine > easily through Google or Wikipedia or other means. That's what > comp(uter).lang(uage).python is here for, nominally. > > Python is also a package of programs that implement the language > and create a Python runtime environment. The most common > implementation is of a virtual machine that runs Python bytecodes, > though other variations run Java or .NET bytecodes. > > And Python is also a set of packages that provide utilities and > features that allow users of the packages to do useful things on > their computers without unnecessary fuss and bother. Some of these > utilities come with a basic Python installation (code name: > "batteries included"), while others are available elsewhere, often > from the Python Package Index (codename: "cheese shop"), but from > other sources as well. > > Some people conflate these meanings of "Python", which can lead to > confusion at times. Much of the crowdedness of the group has to do > with discussion related to the batteries-included features and to > the other packages written to run in the Python environment. > > Hope that helps. >
You're having a conversation with a spambot. -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
