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Chapter 1: Basics of the Python Programming Language

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Python is both procedural and object-oriented coding language. It has a straightforward syntax. Python is cross-platform implying that it can be run on different Operating Systems environments such as Linux, Windows platform, Mac OS X platform, UNIX platform and can be ported to .NET and Java virtual machines. Python is free and open source. While most recent versions of Mac and Linux have Python preinstalled, it is recommended that one installs and runs the current version.

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