Python Concepts/Glossary

A Array Arrays are sequences similar to lists, except that the type (and size) of each element in the array is constrained. For example, see bytearray below. B BDFL Stands for Benevolent Dictator For Life. Guido van Rossum is the BDFL of Python. bytearray An array in which each element is an int x that satisfies 0 <= x <= 0xFF. bytearrays have special significance because they can be written to disk in binary mode. C C A popular programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1972. CPython The original Python implementation written in C. D E F G Guido van Rossum A Dutch computer programmer who's best known for creating the Python programming language. H IDLE Stands for Integrated Development Environment. It comes bundled with a CPython installation by default. I J Jython A python implementation written in Java. Python code can be compiled to Java bytecode and it can easily interact with Java code and libraries. K Keyword Argument An argument that doesn't follow a special, predefined order and is defined with a keyword. L M N O P Positional Argument An argument that follows a special, predefined order that isn't defined with a keyword. Pythonic Something that follows the idioms of Python. Q R S T U Unpythonic Something that doesn't follow or goes against the idioms of Python. V W X Y Z

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1. Python's documentation:

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