Introduction
One of the best things that Python offers is an extensive standard library that offers a wide range of included features that range from network functionality, database handling, and XML processing all the way to zip file processing. There are hundreds of additional libraries that extend the abilities of Python.
The current versions of Python that are available at this writing are 2.7 and 3.2.5. The reason for this is that version 3.x is NOT completely backward compatible to the earlier versions, and with the wealth of existing code and libraries that are currently being used on a daily basis, both versions are available. You can find these versions at www.python.org for the Windows, Linux/Unix, and Mac OS X operating systems. If ...
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