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Clean up a bit. Drop -X option, update date, remove documentation
URLs, add various useful URLs. Update address and email. Drop PSA and copyright. Add license info.
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.TH PYTHON "1" "20 August, 1999"
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.TH PYTHON "1" "5 September, 2000"
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.SH NAME
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python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B \-v
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.B \-x
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.B \-X
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.B \-x
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constants, functions and modules.
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Finally, the Python Reference Manual describes the syntax and
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semantics of the core language in (perhaps too) much detail.
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(Information on locating these documents is included in
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.B "SEE ALSO"
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(These documents may be located via the
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.B "INTERNET RESOURCES"
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below; they may be installed on your system as well.)
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Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
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specific hack only. Warning: the line numbers in error messages will
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.TP
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.B \-X
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Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes.
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Use for backward compatibility with old code only. This is not
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necessary for most uses of string exceptions.
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Specify the command to execute (see next section).
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This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
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.I sys.argv
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IP "Python Tutorial"
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URL: http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html
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.IP "Python Library Reference"
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URL: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/lib.html
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.IP "Python Reference Manual"
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URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ref/ref.html
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.IP "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter"
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URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ext/ext.html
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Downloadable versions of these documents in many formats are available
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.SH AUTHOR
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Guido van Rossum
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CNRI
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1895 Preston White Drive
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BeOpen.com
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160 Saratoga Avenue
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Santa Clara, CA 95051
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E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, [email protected]
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E-mail: guido@beopen.com, [email protected]
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And a cast of thousands.
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.SH INTERNET RESOURCES
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Web site: http://www.python.org
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Main website: http://www.python.org
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BeOpen development team: http://pythonlabs.com
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.br
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce
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The \fI\Python Software Activity\fP provides many mailing lists which
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serve various special interests within the Python community;
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
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The Netherlands.
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All Rights Reserved
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Copyright (c) 2000, BeOpen.com.
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Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
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Copyright (c) 1990-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
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All rights reserved.
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See the file "Misc/COPYRIGHT" for information on usage and
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redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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.SH LICENSING
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Python is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file
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"LICENSE" in the Python source distribution for information on terms &
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conditions for accessing and otherwise using Python and for a
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DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.

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