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Getting Started with python

The document provides a series of short answer questions about Python, including its release date, developer, advantages, limitations, and modes of operation. It highlights Python's ease of use, expressiveness, and cross-platform capabilities, while also noting its slower execution speed and fewer libraries compared to some other languages. Additionally, it includes instructions for printing text in both interactive and script modes.

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Getting Started with python

The document provides a series of short answer questions about Python, including its release date, developer, advantages, limitations, and modes of operation. It highlights Python's ease of use, expressiveness, and cross-platform capabilities, while also noting its slower execution speed and fewer libraries compared to some other languages. Additionally, it includes instructions for printing text in both interactive and script modes.

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Type A: Short Answer Questions

Question 1

When was Python released ?

Answer

Python was developed in February 1991.

Question 2

Who was Python's developer and which two languages contributed to Python as a
programming language?

Answer

Guido Van Rossum is the developer of Python. ABC language and Modula-3 contributed to
Python as a programming language.

Question 3

What is a cross-platform software?

Answer

A cross-platform software is a software that can run well on a variety of platforms like
Windows, Linux/Unix, Macintosh, etc.

Question 4

What are the advantages of Python programming language?

Answer

Advantages of Python programming language are:

1. Easy to Use — Python is compact, programmer-friendly and very easy to use object
oriented language with very simple syntax rules.
2. Expressive Language — Python is an expressive language, it takes fewer lines of
codes to represent the same syntax.
3. Interpreted Language — Python is an interpreted language, not a compiled
language. It makes Python an easy-to-debug language and thus suitable for beginners
to advanced users.
4. Completeness — Python has a rich standard library that provides modules for most
types of required functionality like emails, web-pages, databases, GUI development,
network connections, etc.
5. Cross-platform Language — Python can run equally well on variety of platforms —
Windows, Linux/UNIX, Macintosh, supercomputers, smart phones, etc.
6. Free and Open Source — Python language is freely available along with its source-
code.
7. Variety of Usage/Applications — Python has evolved into a powerful, complete and
useful language over these years. These days Python is being used in many diverse
fields/applications, some of which are Scripting, Web Applications, Game
development, Database Applications, System Administrations, Rapid Prototyping,
GUI Programs.

Question 5

What are some limitations of Python programming language?

Answer

Some limitations of Python programming language are:

1. Not the Fastest Language — As Python is an interpreted language so its execution-


times are not that fast compared to some compiled languages.
2. Lesser Libraries than C, Java, Perl — Library collection of C, Java, Perl is better
than Python.
3. Not strong on Type-Binding — Python interpreter is not very strong on catching
'Type-Mismatch' issues.
4. Not easily convertible — Translating Python programs to other languages is difficult
due to its lack of syntax.

Question 6

In how many different ways, can you work in Python?

Answer

We can work in Python in two ways:

1. Interactive mode (also called Immediate mode)


2. Script mode

Question 7

What are advantages/disadvantages of working in Interactive mode in Python?

Answer

Interactive mode is useful for testing code. We can type the commands one by one and get
the result of error immediately for each command. Disadvantages of Interactive mode are that
it does not save commands in form of a program and also output is sandwiched between
commands.

Question 8
What are the advantages/disadvantages of working in script mode in Python?

Answer

Script mode is useful for creating programs and then run the programs later and get the
complete output. It is not suitable for testing code.

Type B: Application Based Question

Question 1

Write instructions to get the following result :

Math is Fun so don't be resistant


Just learn the rules, the rules are consistent
And most important, you must be persistent !

Adding fractions, get common denominators.


Multiply by missing factors to get the denominators.
Add numerators only, NOT denominators.
Do it in both interactive mode and script mode.

Answer

Interactive Mode

>>> print("Math is Fun so don't be resistant")


Math is Fun so don't be resistant
>>> print("Just learn the rules, the rules are consistent")
Just learn the rules, the rules are consistent
>>> print("And most important, you must be persistent !")
And most important, you must be persistent !
>>> print("")

>>> print("Adding fractions, get common denominators.")


Adding fractions, get common denominators.
>>> print("Multiply by missing factors to get the
denominators.")
Multiply by missing factors to get the denominators.
>>> print("Add numerators only, NOT denominators.")
Add numerators only, NOT denominators.
>>>

Script Mode

Solution
print("Math is Fun so don't be resistant")
print("Just learn the rules, the rules are consistent")
print("And most important, you must be persistent !")
print("")
print("Adding fractions, get common denominators.")
print("Multiply by missing factors to get the denominators.")
print("Add numerators only, NOT denominators.")

Output

Math is Fun so don't be resistant


Just learn the rules, the rules are consistent
And most important, you must be persistent !

Adding fractions, get common denominators.


Multiply by missing factors to get the denominators.
Add numerators only, NOT denominators.

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