Chapter 2 Python and Integrated Development Environments
2.1 What is Python?
Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level computer programming language that allows programmers to create applications, web pages, and many other types of software.
Python is often referred to as a scripting language despite the fact that the official website says that it's a programming language. The truth, of course, is somewhere in the middle. Python can be used either as a scripting language, or a programming language!
2.2 What is the Difference Between a Script and a Program?
Technically speaking, a script is interpreted whereas a program is compiled, but this is actually not their major difference. There is another more important difference between them! ...
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