py⋅thon
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[pahy-thon, -thuh
n] 
| any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 ft. (6 m): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered. |
py⋅thon
2 [pahy-thon, -thuhn] | 1. | a spirit or demon. |
| 2. | a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid. |
Py⋅thon
[pahy-thon, -thuhn] | a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site. |
< L Pȳthōn < Gk Pȳ́thōn
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| py·thon (pī'thŏn', -thən) n. Any of various nonvenomous snakes of the family Pythonidae, found chiefly in Asia, Africa, and Australia, that coil around and suffocate their prey. Pythons often attain lengths of 6 meters (20 feet) or more. [Probably French, from Latin Pȳthōn, mythical serpent killed by Apollo near Delphi; see Python.] |
| Py·thon (pī'thŏn', -thən) n.
[Latin Pȳthōn, from Greek Pūthōn; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Python
Py"thon\, n. [NL., fr. L. Python the serpent slain near Delphi by Apollo, Gr. ?.]1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonid[ae]. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake. Note: The pythons have small pelvic bones, or anal spurs, two rows of subcaudal scales, and pitted labials. They are found in Africa, Asia, and the East Indies. 2. A diviner by spirits. "[Manasses] observed omens, and appointed pythons." --4 Kings xxi. 6 (Douay version).Cite This Source
Python
/pi:'thon/ In the words of its author, "the other scripting language" (other than Perl, that is). Python's design is notably clean, elegant, and well thought through; it tends to attract the sort of programmers who find Perl grubby and exiguous. Python's relationship with Perl is rather like the BSD community's relationship to Linux - it's the smaller party in a (usually friendly) rivalry, but the average quality of its developers is generally conceded to be rather higher than in the larger community it competes with. There's a Python resource page at `http://www.python.org'. See also Guido.Cite This Source
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Python
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Python is available for many platforms, including Unix, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Amoeba.
Latest version: 2.5, as of 2007-02-21.
(http://python.org/).
Usenet newsgroup: comp.lang.python.
(2007-02-21)
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(1997-02-27)
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