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# - CPython is the real name of default standard Python implementation
# - Implemented in C
# - There are Python implementations in other languages:
#    - Jython: Python 2.5 interpreter written in Java which runs bytecode in the JVM
#    - IronPython: Similar approach for .NET Common Language Runtime
#    - JS, C++, CIL...
#    - Stackless Python: CPython fork with microthreads concurrency
#    - PyPy: Python 2.7 interpreter implemented in Python.
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# - IPython: create a comprehensive environment for interactive and exploratory computing
# - An enhanced interactive Python shell
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# - virtualenv: a tool to create isolated Python environments.
# - It simply changes your PATH environment var to point to a different folder
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# - PyPi: The Python Package Index is a repository of software for the Python programming language.
# - There are currently 96678 packages here.
# - The packages are 'eggs'
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# - pip: A tool for installing and managing Python packages
# - It installs packages from PyPi, local folders or Git and other repositories
# - It can read a list of packages from a file or generate the list of installed packages
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# - IDE?
#     - PyCharm (we have licenses, ask IT)
#     - Eclipse + Pydev
#     - NetBeans
#     - NINJA IDE
#     - Python's IDLE (not recommendable at all)
#     - ...
#     - Emacs
#     - Vi
# - http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments
# - Lots of good IDEs, it's up to you!
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