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Ciclo 3 Week 3 Day 1 Reading Defining Python

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language that is dynamic, has built-in data structures and dynamic typing which makes it attractive for rapid application development. Python's syntax is simple and easy to read which reduces program maintenance costs. The Python interpreter and standard library are freely available without charge for all platforms.

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Ciclo 3 Week 3 Day 1 Reading Defining Python

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language that is dynamic, has built-in data structures and dynamic typing which makes it attractive for rapid application development. Python's syntax is simple and easy to read which reduces program maintenance costs. The Python interpreter and standard library are freely available without charge for all platforms.

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What is Python?

Executive Summary
Source https://www.python.org/doc/essays/blurb/

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with

dynamic semantics. Its high-level built in data structures, combined with dynamic typing

and dynamic binding, make it very attractive for Rapid Application Development, as well

as for use as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components together.

Python's simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes readability and therefore reduces the

cost of program maintenance. Python supports modules and packages, which

encourages program modularity and code reuse. The Python interpreter and the

extensive standard library are available in source or binary form without charge for all

major platforms, and can be freely distributed.

Often, programmers fall in love with Python because of the increased productivity it

provides. Since there is no compilation step, the edit-test-debug cycle is incredibly fast.

Debugging Python programs is easy: a bug or bad input will never cause a

segmentation fault. Instead, when the interpreter discovers an error, it raises an

exception. When the program doesn't catch the exception, the interpreter prints a stack

trace. A source level debugger allows inspection of local and global variables,

evaluation of arbitrary expressions, setting breakpoints, stepping through the code a

line at a time, and so on. The debugger is written in Python itself, testifying to Python's

introspective power. On the other hand, often the quickest way to debug a program is to

add a few print statements to the source: the fast edit-test-debug cycle makes this

simple approach very effective.

After reading…
1. What is Python?
2. Why is Python easy to read?
3. Do people have to pay to use Python’s library? If not, why not?
4. Why do programmers like Python?
5. What makes the edit-test-debug cycle fast?
6. The second paragraph of the reading is devoted to one aspect of Python. Which
one?

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