Download or read book Programming Python written by Mark Lutz and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 1996 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook describes how to use Python, an increasingly popular object-oriented scripting language freely available over the Net. Python is an interpreted language, useful for quick prototyping and simple programs for which C++ is too complex and unwieldy. The Python interpreter is available on most popular UNIX platforms, including Linux, as well as Windows and the Mac.