Advanced Python or Understanding Python

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Published on October 9, 2007 2:44:57 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_kZDvwofHY

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Google Tech Talks
February 21, 2007

ABSTRACT

The Python language, while object-oriented, is fundamentally different from both C++ and Java. The dynamic and introspective nature of Python allow for language mechanics unlike that of static languages. This talk aims to enlighten programmers new to Python about these fundamentals, the language mechanics that flow from them and how to effectively put those to use. Among the topics covered are duck-typing, interfaces, descriptors, decorators, metaclasses, reference-counting and the cyclic-garbage collector, the divide between C/C++ data and Python objects and the CPython implementation in general.

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