{"id":8043,"date":"2004-10-12T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2004-10-12T12:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/12\/dive-into-python\/"},"modified":"2005-10-03T02:08:14","modified_gmt":"2005-10-02T23:08:14","slug":"dive-into-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/12\/dive-into-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Dive into Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/thumb-20041012-python_logo.gif\" alt=\"\"\/>Once in a while I need to write a couple of lines in Python.  When that happens I histerically run around the web looking for some quick introduction or tutorial on the language.  There are plenty of those, of course.  But just to have something handy, I&#8217;ll put a link here to <a href=\"http:\/\/diveintopython.org\/toc\/\">Dive Into Python<\/a>.  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