1. Python Nagarajan Prabakar School of Computing and Information Sciences
Florida International University

2. Scripting Languages Perl Python Ruby Comparison: site1 site2 site3
Melissa virus in 1990s – MBR got corrupted on the hard disk
Nimda virus: Aug 26, 2000 deleted backup on 8/25/00, MBR got corrupted before the backup was performed
Lost 8GB flash drive at the end of Summer 2010

3. Python
Download version 3.3
Beginner’s tutorial
Python Documentation

4. Python
IronPython
Jython
PyPy
CPython

5. Features Object oriented approach Untyped
Compiled before interpretation
Object types: tuples, lists, dictionaries
Single line comments: #
Multiline comments: three single quotes

6. Interactive support help() help> topics help> keywords
help> modules

7. Samples Sample scripts
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