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python
any large nonvenomous snake of the family Pythonidae of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, such as Python reticulatus (reticulated python). They can reach a length of more than 20 feet and kill their prey by constriction
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python
[′pī‚thän] (vertebrate zoology)
The common name for members of the reptilian subfamily Pythoninae.
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python
nonvenomous jungle snake crushes its victims. [Zoology: NCE, 2252]
See: Deadliness
python
huge serpent which sprang from stagnant waters after the Deluge. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 227]
See: Monsters
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Python
1. <language> A simple, high-level interpreted language
invented by Guido van Rossum <guido@cwi.nl> in 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 for many platforms, including Unix, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Amoeba.
Latest version: 2.5, as of 2007年02月21日.
http://python.org/.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.lang.python.
Python is available for many platforms, including Unix, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Amoeba.
Latest version: 2.5, as of 2007年02月21日.
http://python.org/.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.lang.python.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Python
in Greek mythology, a monstrous serpent, offspring of the goddess Gaea. It was killed by Apollo, who founded the Delphic oracle on the site of his victory and received the name of Pythius.
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