A Brief Overview of Python
Python is a dynamic, object-oriented language. Now more than 10 years old, its popularity has been slowly growing to the point where it often ranks highly in polls for most popular programming language, and many books and companies are dedicated to its support. Although Python has a UNIX heritage, it is very much at home on the Windows platform, with support for many Windows-specific services, including COM, Active Scripting, and NT Services.
This appendix describes an exploratory implementation of the Python language for the .NET Framework. It introduces Python and the existing Python implementations, and then describes the scope and utility of the Python for .NET compiler. Finally, the limitations in the existing ...
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