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This document is intended to be handed out at the end of the workshop. It has |
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been designed for Engineering students who are Python beginners and have basic |
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programming skills. The focus is on basic numerics and plotting using Python. |
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* Python - version 2.5.x or newer. |
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* IPython |
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Introduction |
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The Python programming language was created by a dutch named Guido van Rossum. |
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The idea of Python was conceived in December 1989. The name Python has nothing |
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to do with the reptilian, but its been named after the 70s comedy series |
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"Monty Python's Flying Circus", since it happens to be Guido's favourite |
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Current stable version of Python is 2.6.x, although Python 3.0 is also the stable |
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version, it is not backwards compatible with the previous versions and is hence |
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not entirely popular at the moment. This material contains material pertaining |
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The Python Interpreter |
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