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54 | <h1>Python Reference Manual</h1> | |
55 | <p><b><font size="+2">Guido van Rossum</font></b></p> | |
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57 | <strong>Python Software Foundation</strong> | |
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59 | Email: <span class="email">docs@python.org</span> | |
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61 | <p><i> Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor</i></p> | |
62 | <p><strong>Release 2.4.2</strong><br /> | |
63 | <strong>28 September 2005</strong></p> | |
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78 | <LI><A href="introduction.html">1. Introduction</a> | |
79 | <UL> | |
80 | <LI><A href="implementations.html">1.1 Alternate Implementations</a> | |
81 | <LI><A href="notation.html">1.2 Notation</a> | |
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117 | <LI><A href="objects.html">3.1 Objects, values and types</a> | |
118 | <LI><A href="types.html">3.2 The standard type hierarchy</a> | |
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205 | <LI><A href="programs.html">8.1 Complete Python programs</a> | |
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210 | <LI><A href="node105.html">A. History and License</a> | |
211 | <UL> | |
212 | <LI><A href="node106.html">A.1 History of the software</a> | |
213 | <LI><A href="node107.html">A.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python</a> | |
214 | <LI><A href="node108.html">A.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software</a> | |
215 | <UL> | |
216 | <LI><A href="node109.html">A.3.1 Mersenne Twister</a> | |
217 | <LI><A href="node110.html">A.3.2 Sockets</a> | |
218 | <LI><A href="node111.html">A.3.3 Floating point exception control</a> | |
219 | <LI><A href="node112.html">A.3.4 MD5 message digest algorithm</a> | |
220 | <LI><A href="node113.html">A.3.5 Asynchronous socket services</a> | |
221 | <LI><A href="node114.html">A.3.6 Cookie management</a> | |
222 | <LI><A href="node115.html">A.3.7 Profiling</a> | |
223 | <LI><A href="node116.html">A.3.8 Execution tracing</a> | |
224 | <LI><A href="node117.html">A.3.9 UUencode and UUdecode functions</a> | |
225 | <LI><A href="node118.html">A.3.10 XML Remote Procedure Calls</a> | |
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