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Python

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. It's sometimes used within the university as a "glue" language to integrate various number-crunching processes.

It's installed on our linux servers (python version 2.3.4, at least) and the terminals. Documentation includes

Instant Hacking(Magnus Lie Hetland)
Instant Python (Magnus Lie Hetland)
Python Tutorial (Guido van Rossum)
Python Library Reference (Guido van Rossum)

We've installed

a short Python by Example for people already familiar with similar languages.
a Python tutorial for beginners
a document on how to call C and C++ routines from Python

Further Information

See the Python homepage

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