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@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -This is Python, an extensible interpreted programming language that -combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. - -This is version 0.9 (the first beta release), patchlevel 1. - -Python can be used instead of shell, Awk or Perl scripts, to write -prototypes of real applications, or as an extension language of large -systems, you name it. There are built-in modules that interface to -the operating system and to various window systems: X11, the Mac -window system (you need STDWIN for these two), and Silicon Graphics' -GL library. It runs on most modern versions of UNIX, on the Mac, and -I wouldn't be surprised if it ran on MS-DOS unchanged. I developed it -mostly on an SGI IRIS workstation (using IRIX 3.1 and 3.2) and on the -Mac, but have tested it also on SunOS (4.1) and BSD 4.3 (tahoe). - -Building and installing Python is easy (but do read the Makefile). -A UNIX style manual page and extensive documentation (in LaTeX format) -are provided. (In the beta release, the documentation is still under -development.) - -Please try it out and send me your comments (on anything -- the -language design, implementation, portability, installation, -documentation) and the modules you wrote for it, to make the first -real release better. If you needed to hack the source to get it to -compile and run on a particular machine, send me the fixes -- I'll try -to incorporate them into the next patch. If you can't get it to work -at all, send me a *detailed* description of the problem and I may look -into it. - -If you want to profit of the X11 or Mac window interface, you'll need -STDWIN. This is a portable window system interface by the same -author. The versions of STDWIN floating around on some archives are -not sufficiently up-to-date for use with Python. I will distribute -the latest and greatest STDWIN version at about the same time as Python. - -I am the author of Python: - - Guido van Rossum - CWI, dept. CST - Kruislaan 413 - 1098 SJ Amsterdam - The Netherlands - - E-mail: [email protected] - -The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it -as long as you don't change or remove the copyright: - -/*********************************************************** -Copyright 1991 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The -Netherlands. - - All Rights Reserved - -Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its -documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, -provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that -both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in -supporting documentation, and that the names of Stichting Mathematisch -Centrum or CWI not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to -distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. - -STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO -THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND -FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM BE LIABLE -FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES -WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN -ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT -OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. - -******************************************************************/ |