"Python is an interpreted, object oriented, freely copyable programming language that may be used without fee in commercial products. It runs under several environments including many Unices, MS-Windows, OS/2, and Macintosh operating systems. It includes many modern programming language features together with many useful standard packages. Programmers may easily extend Python to interface to other arbitrary software components. Python may be used for fun, CGI scripts, system administration, code generation, graphical user interfaces, file-format conversions, and almost any other computational task, but the most exciting use of Python is for general software engineering and product development."
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