November 2001
Beginner
320 pages
5h 53m
English
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MORE ABOUT PYTHON
Now we know about the basics of Perl and Python, and some of the differences between the two, it's worth taking a closer look at some of the specifics of the Python language.
Python is portable
Python is supported on a huge range of platforms and like Perl is open source so you can read the source and compile it for yourself. Python comes in both source and precompiled formats for Unix, Windows, and MacOS and the latter platforms include the Tk libraries as standard. For all other platforms Python is available as source code which you compile yourself.
In addition to the native cross-platform ability, Python also supports some platform native extensions to help ease the process or bridge gaps with other languages and environments. ...