[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

python \py"thon\, n. nl., fr. l. python the serpent slain near
   delphi by apollo, gr. ?.
   1. zool. any species of very large snakes of the genus
      python, and allied genera, of the family pythonidae.
      they are nearly allied to the boas. called also rock
      snake.
      1913 webster

   note: the pythons have small pelvic bones, or anal spurs, two
         rows of subcaudal scales, and pitted labials. they are
         found in africa, asia, and the east indies.
         1913 webster

   2. a diviner by spirits. "manasses observed omens, and
      appointed pythons." --4 kings xxi. 6 douay version.
      1913 webster
see also:
python pythonidae rock snake 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

python
     n 1: large old world boas
     2: a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a
        spirit
     3: greek mythology dragon killed by apollo at delphi

[3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

python /pi:'thon/ in the words of its author, "the other scripting
   language" other than perl, that is. python's design is notably
   clean, elegant, and well thought through; it tends to attract the sort
   of programmers who find perl grubby and exiguous. python's relationship
   with perl is rather like the bsd community's relationship to linux -
   it's the smaller party in a usually friendly rivalry, but the average
   quality of its developers is generally conceded to be rather higher than
   in the larger community it competes with. there's a python resource page
   at `http://www.python.org'. see also guido.

= q =


see also:
perl bsd linux guido 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

python
     
        1.  a simple, high-level interpreted language by
        guido van rossum , 1991.  python combines ideas
        from abc, c, modula-3 and icon.  it bridges the gap
        between c and shell programming, making it suitable for
        rapid prototyping or as an extension language for c
        applications.  it is object-oriented and supports packages,
        modules, classes, user-defined exceptions, a good c
        interface, dynamic loading of c modules and has no arbitrary
        restrictions.
     
        python is available, among others, for unix, windows,
        dos, os/2, macintosh, and amoeba.
     
        current version: 1.4, includes interpreter, libraries, and
        documentation.
     
        home http://www.python.org/.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:comp.lang.python.
     
        2.  a compiler for cmu common lisp.  python is
        more sophisticated than other common lisp compilers.  it
        produces better code and is easier to use.  the programming
        environment based on the hemlock editor is better integrated
        than gnu emacs based environments.
     
        1997-02-27
     
     
see also:
abc c modula-3 icon shell object-oriented 
modules classes unix windows dos 
os/2 macintosh amoeba interpreter lt;homegt; usenet lt;news:comp.lang.pythongt; compiler cmu common lisp common lisp 
hemlock gnu emacs 

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