Chapter 5. Just Enough Python
This chapter provides an overview of the Python language, giving just enough detail to allow us to proceed into real-world XML processing with Python. Python is a multifaceted, general-purpose programming language with a particular affinity for text processing. Naturally, any high-level overview of such a versatile beast is doomed to be subjective. Therefore, be warned, this chapter is subjective! Here are my eight favorite bullet points about Python.
Python is:
WYSIWYG
Object oriented
Cleanly designed
Freely available
Open
XML friendly
Interactive
Interpreted
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