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Python: Brandon Jeffcoat Dashaun West

The document discusses the Python programming language. It provides a brief history of Python, noting it was created in 1990 and named after Monty Python. It then summarizes Python's main features, such as being an object-oriented, portable, powerful, and easy to use scripting language. Major uses of Python include system utilities, GUIs, internet scripting, and database programming. The document also compares Python to other languages like Java, Perl, C++, Common Lisp and Scheme. Finally, it provides some sample Python code.

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Python: Brandon Jeffcoat Dashaun West

The document discusses the Python programming language. It provides a brief history of Python, noting it was created in 1990 and named after Monty Python. It then summarizes Python's main features, such as being an object-oriented, portable, powerful, and easy to use scripting language. Major uses of Python include system utilities, GUIs, internet scripting, and database programming. The document also compares Python to other languages like Java, Perl, C++, Common Lisp and Scheme. Finally, it provides some sample Python code.

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Python

Brandon Jeffcoat
Dashaun West

“Why settle for snake oil when you can have the whole snake?”
-- From Usenet posting by Mark Jackson, June 1998
History of Python
 Created in 1990 by Guido van Rossum
 Named after Monty Python
 First public release in 1991
 comp.lang.python founded in 1994
 Open source from the start
Python Overview

 Scripting Language
 Object-Oriented
 Portable
 Powerful
 Easy to learn and use
 Mixes good features from Java, Perl and
Scheme
Major Uses of Python
 System Utilities
 GUIs (Tkinter, gtk, Qt, Windows)
 Internet Scripting
 Embedded Scripting
 Database Programming
 Artificial Intelligence
 Image Processing
Language Features
 Object-Oriented
 Interpreted
 Interactive
 Dynamic
 Functional
 Highly readable
Comparsions
Java
 Typically 3-5 times shorter than equivalent
Java programs
 Run-time works harder than Java’s

 Components can be developed in Java and


combined to form applications in Python
 Python can be used to prototype components
into Java implementation
Comparsions, cont’d
Perl
 Come from similar backgrounds

 Python is more applicable than Perl

 Perl emphasizes support for common


application-oriented tasks
 Python emphasizes support for common
programming methodologies
Comparsions, cont’d
C++
 Differences are similar to Java’s

 Often 5-10 times shorter than equivalent C++


code
 Python shines as a glue language; used to
combine components written in C++
Comparsions, cont’d
Common Lisp and Scheme
 Similar in dynamic semantics, different in
approach to syntax
 Common Lisp is big and Scheme world is
fragmented between many incompatible
versions
 Python has a single, free compact
implementation
Samples
 System Utility
 Functional Programming
 Object Oriented networking
Samples
 The Weather Server product family consists of a
number of products for production and display of
forecast data, satellite images, and radar data.
 Secret Labs AB currently offers the following
products:
 Weather Production Server, for mission-critical
processing and distribution of weather data. Servers
based on this technology has been used in
production since 1995.
 Weather Media Server, for production and
distribution of end-user products, for use via web
browsers or custom weather workstations.
Samples
 Weather Media Generator,
for production of end-user
products in existing
distribution environments.
 Weather Visualisation
Client is a toolbox for
advanced visualisation of
meteorological data.
 Weather Workstation, for
interactive display and
analysis of satellite and
radar images
Sample Code
 Here's a simple function written in Python, which
inverts a table (represented as a Python dictionary):
def invert(table):
index = {} # empty dictionary
for key in table.keys():
value = table[key]
if not index.has_key(value):
index[value] = [] # empty list
index[value].append(key)
return index
Comments are introduced by a # character
References
 Python homepage: http://www.python.org/
 Programming Python and Learning Python:
http://python.oreilly.com/
 Weather Server http://www.pythonware.com/products/index.htm

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