Python Tutorial

The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C. Python is also suitable as an extension language for highly customizable C applications such as editors or window managers.

Python is available for various operating systems, amongst which several flavors of Unix, Amoeba, the Apple Macintosh O.S., and MS-DOS.

This tutorial introduces the reader informally to the basic concepts and features of the Python language and system. It helps to have a Python interpreter handy for hands-on experience, but as the examples are self-contained, the tutorial can be read off-line as well.

For a description of standard objects and modules, see the Python Library Reference document. The Python Reference Manual gives a more formal definition of the language.