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The Language

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Let’s start our Python journey by first gaining an understanding of what Python has to offer that’s different from Java. I’ll then help you get setup with Python before we dive into the language’s syntax in the next chapter.

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    Unless MyOtherType happens to be a subclass of MyType.

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    Even after the introduction of lambdas in Java 8.

  3. 3.

    http://python-history.blogspot.com/

  4. 4.

    Yes, Emacs is fine too.

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Sarda, D. (2017). The Language. In: Python for the Busy Java Developer. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3234-7_1

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