On 21/08/13 04:00, William Crowder wrote:
I am reading posts and watching videos. I am following along with the shell, i am retaining the info. But WHAT is a library?
It varies but in general programming terms is a collection of functions or classes that can be reused by programmers. Most languages have a "standard library" and a collection of additional proprietary libraries.
Python's standard library consists of a set of modules, each of which exposes a set of functions or classes for performing related tasks. The documentation for Python's standard library (V2) can be found here: http://docs.python.org/2/py-modindex.html The documentation for GNU C++'s standard library is here: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/libstdc++-api-4.6/modules.html And for Java it is here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/ It's interesting to compare their breadth and nature. HTH -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
