February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
16h 50m
English
Content preview from Advanced Python Programming
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Real-world examples
A non-computer example that comes to mind is the sheep named Dolly that was created by researchers in Scotland by cloning a cell from a mammary gland.
There are many Python applications that make use of the prototype pattern (j.mp/pythonprot), but it is almost never referred to as "prototype" since cloning' objects is a built-in feature of the language.