ECS 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Guido Van Rossum
12 Nov 2017
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A process is what happens when a computer follows a procedure - it"s a procedure in execution. A procedure is a collection of instructions in some meaningful order that results in useful behavior on behalf of the device that executes the instructions. When the instructions are written in a symbolic language that can be executed by a computer, the procedure is called a computer program. Whose execution requires no insight, cleverness, intuition, intelligence, perspicuity. Developed by guido van rossum who was a fan of monty python. Has a simple syntax which makes it easier to use than comparable languages like c++ or java. Two versions: python 2 and python 3. ## revealing one of kurt"s many weaknesses print( feed me more oreos )
