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K. WilsonThe Absolute Beginner's Guide to Python Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8716-3_2

2. The Basics

Kevin Wilson1  
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London, UK
 

Python programs are written in a text editor, such as Notepad, PyCharm, or the code editor in Python’s integrated development environment (IDLE), and saved with a .py file extension.

You then use the Python interpreter to execute the code saved in the file.

Let’s start at the beginning.

Language Classification

There are different levels of programming language: low-level languages and high-level languages.

Low-Level Language

A low-level language is a programming language whose functions often refer directly to the ...

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