Clodoaldo Pinto a écrit : > bill pursell wrote: > (snip) >>2) In the section on installing, you begin with: >>"Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming >>language.". The complete novice sees those words and expects >>them to be explained, but there is no definition given. I would >>recommend simplifying that sentence, or explaining the terms. > > Ok, i will think about something, or just delete it.
FWIW, being "interpreted" is not a feature of a language but of a given implementation of a language - and actually, the reference implementation (CPython) is byte-compiled, not interpreted. As for interactivity, it comes from a program (the Python shell) that ships with the reference implementation - not from the laguage itself. This leaves us with "Python is an object-oriented programming language", which is not 100% accurate since Python - even if strongly OO - also supports the procedural and functional paradigms !-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list