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In Greek mythology, Python is the name of a a huge serpent and sometimes a dragon. Python had been killed by the god Apollo at Delphi. Python was created out of the slime and mud left after the great flood. He was appointed by Gaia (Mother Earth) to guard the oracle of Delphi, known as Pytho.
The programming language Python has not been created out of slime and mud but out of the programming language ABC. It has been devised by a Dutch programmer, named Guido van Rossum, in Amsterdam.

Origins of Python

Guido van Rossum wrote the following about the origins of Python in a foreword for the book "Programming Python" by Mark Lutz in 1996:
"Over six years ago, in December 1989, I was looking for a "hobby" programming project that would keep me occupied during the week around Christmas. My office (a government-run research lab in Amsterdam) would be closed, but I had a home computer, and not much else on my hands. I decided to write an interpreter for the new scripting language I had been thinking about lately: a descendant of ABC that would appeal to Unix/C hackers. I chose Python as a working title for the project, being in a slightly irreverent mood (and a big fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus)."

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Most of this tutorial was created by Bernd Klein. Some chapters of the chapter on machine learning were created by Tobias Schlagenhauf. Melisa Atay has created a chapter on Tkinter. Further chapters are currently being created by Bernd and Melisa. Melisa also takes care of maintaining and updating the website together with Bernd.

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Which is the right book?

We are often asked "What is the best Python book?" This is a question which can't be answered with a single book, as the askers hoped for. There are more specific questions as well, such as

• What is the best Python book to learn with?
• I am complete newbie concerning programming. I want to start with Python. What is the best book you can recommend?
• I am already an experienced C and C++ programmer. What is the right book for me?
• What is the best book to learn Python from a Perl background?
• What is the best book to learn data structures and algorithms using Python?
• What is the best Python book on language processing?

Questions like these are easier to answer, though generally neither in a unique way.

• Mark Lutz: Learning Python
• Mark Lutz: Programming Python
• Dive into Python
• Natural Language Processing with Python
• Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt
• Python in a Nutshell