Academic citation of Python

Olmo Hernández Cuba olmo.hernandez-cuba at gmx.es
Sat Jun 16 06:16:43 EDT 2012


 Well, maybe something like:

 G. Van Rossum. The Python Language
 Reference Manual. Network Theory Ltd., September 2003.

 In other languages I use, the proper citation is obtained from the
 interpreter itself, and it points you to the language reference.

 Hope this helps.

 El Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:18:48 +1000
Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6 at gmail.com> escribió:
> I think it's more like when you see articles with a passage like:
> 
> 
> The C programming language[1] or the C++ programming language[2] are
> both
> > examples of...
> >
> 
> 
> Are both easy to find the proper reference for.
> 
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Ben Finney
> <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>wrote:
> 
> > Mark Livingstone <livingstonemark at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I wish to properly cite Python in an academic paper I am writing.
> > >
> > > Is there a preferred document etc to cite?
> >
> > I think you're best positioned to answer that. Python isn't a
> > document, so what specifically are you citing it as?
> >
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