What is python?????

[Cope]

On Nov 18, 8:41 pm, rzed <rzan... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cope <buyonline.ewo... at gmail.com> wrote in news:7ab5b781-3c6c-
> 4fb5-9be1-703d5e7e7... at s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>
> > please tell me what is python.This group is so crowded.
>
> I see nobody has chosen to answer your question seriously. I'll
> give you an answer, but it is probably not to the question you are
> asking, either.
>
> Python is not one thing.
>
> Python is the name of a computer language, which you can determine
> easily through Google or Wikipedia or other means. That's what
> comp(uter).lang(uage).python is here for, nominally.
>
> Python is also a package of programs that implement the language
> and create a Python runtime environment. The most common
> implementation is of a virtual machine that runs Python bytecodes,
> though other variations run Java or .NET bytecodes.
>
> And Python is also a set of packages that provide utilities and
> features that allow users of the packages to do useful things on
> their computers without unnecessary fuss and bother. Some of these
> utilities come with a basic Python installation (code name:
> "batteries included"), while others are available elsewhere, often
> from the Python Package Index (codename: "cheese shop"), but from
> other sources as well.
>
> Some people conflate these meanings of "Python", which can lead to
> confusion at times. Much of the crowdedness of the group has to do
> with discussion related to the batteries-included features and to
> the other packages written to run in the Python environment.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
> rzed

thanks

Cope