[Tutor] Fwd: Citing Python

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

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From: D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Citing Python
To: Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>


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Is not this we get on IDLE a citation?
regards,
Sarma.


On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 06:43:44PM +0000, Alan Gauld wrote:
>> On 15/03/16 11:45, Holderness, Ellie wrote:
>>
>> > How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography?
>> > I used version 3.5.1.
>>
>> I'm not sure a citation is strictly necessary for a programming
>> language, but if you want to you could cite the Python web site.
>> Would you cite JavaScript, CSS or HTML if you built a website?
>> Or SQL if you built a database?
>
> If the dissertation was *about* the database, or website, certainly you
> would.
>
> It is normal to cite the software used to generate results, so that
> others can replicate your work. If Ellie's dissertation depends on
> Python for her results, or if the dissertation is specifically about
> Python, then she will probably need to cite the specific version used.
>
> One approach is to cite the reference manual for the specific version:
>
> http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5482/how-do-i-reference-the-python-programming-language-in-a-thesis-or-a-paper
>
> See also Brett Cannon's thesis:
>
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/213879590_Localized_Type_Inference_of_Atomic_Types_in_Python
>
> (Brett is one of the core developers of Python, particularly well known
> for his work on the new import system.)
>
> It's also common to reference Mathematica:
>
> http://support.wolfram.com/kb/472
>
> This paper:
>
> "Julia: A Fast Dynamic Language for Technical Computing"
> http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5145
>
> references PyPy, Octave and R, but strangely not Julia!
>
>
>> If you used a particular tutorial to learn the language
>> you could cite that (either as a book or web site).
>
> I don't think that is appropriate unless you are specifically referring
> to the tutorial in the dissertation.
>
>
>
> --
> Steve
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