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T. MailundIntroduction to Computational Thinkinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7077-6_2

2. Introducing Python Programming

Thomas Mailund1  
(1)
Aarhus N, Denmark
 

Many textbooks on algorithms will present the algorithms in so-called pseudo-code , something that looks like it is written in a real programming language while it is in fact written in an approximation to such a language but where the abstractions and programming constructs are chosen to make the algorithms look as simple as necessary. Since the goal of these books is to present the essentials of an algorithm and not distract the reader with unnecessary language artifacts, it is a sensible approach. ...

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