Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed

Chapter 31. Working with Python

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Python on Linux

• The Basics of Python

• Functions

• Object Orientation

• The Standard Library and the Vaults of Parnassus

• Reference

As PHP has come to dominate the world of web scripting, Python is increasingly dominating the domain of command-line scripting. Python’s precise and clean syntax makes it one of the easiest languages to learn, and it allows programmers to code more quickly and spend less time maintaining their code. Although PHP is fundamentally similar to Java and Perl, Python is closer to C and Modula-3, and so it might look unfamiliar at first.

Most of the other languages have a group of developers at their cores, but Python has Guido van Rossum—creator, father, and Benevolent Dictator For Life ...