Python Information

• Copyright: 1991-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
  
• Restrictions: Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is granted provided that the copyright notice appears in all copies.
  
• Author: Guido van Rossum (remains at large)
  
• Home page: http://www.python.org
  
• PSA: Python Software Activity
  
• FAQ: www.python.org/doc/FAQ
  
• Newsgroup: comp.lang.python
  
• Mailing list: python-list-request@cwi.nl
  
• Latest version: 1.2 (1.3 Beta)
  
• Linux binaries: ftp.python.org
  
• Linux distributions: Red Hat Commercial Linux and Caldera Network Desktop require Python as part of their base. Debian includes it. Linux-FT will include it.
  
• Further reading: Programming Python by Mark Lutz O'Reilly and Associates 1995 (est. 1st qtr 1996) Python Tutorial, Python Reference, Python Library Reference, and Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter by Guido van Rossum http://www.python.org/doc/ “The What, Why, Who, and Where of Python” by Aaron R. Watters. UnixWorld Online: http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/archives/95/tutorial/005.html.
  
• Name Origin: BBC show “Monty Python's Flying Circus”