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Add more links to the 'What Next?' section; rewrite to be briefer

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Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using
Python --- you should be eager to apply Python to solving your Python --- you should be eager to apply Python to solving your
real-world problems. Now what should you do? real-world problems. Where should you go to learn more?
You should read, or at least page through, the This tutorial is part of Python's documentation set.
\citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}, Some other documents in the set are:
which gives complete (though terse) reference material about types,
functions, and modules that can save you a lot of time when writing \begin{itemize}
Python programs. The standard Python distribution includes a
\emph{lot} of additional code. There are modules to read \item \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}:
\UNIX{} mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate random
numbers, parse command-line options, write CGI programs, compress You should browse through this manual, which gives complete (though
data, and a lot more; skimming through the Library Reference will give terse) reference material about types, functions, and the modules in
you an idea of what's available. the standard library. The standard Python distribution includes a
\emph{lot} of additional code. There are modules to read \UNIX{}
The major Python Web site is \url{http://www.python.org/}; it contains mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate random numbers, parse
command-line options, write CGI programs, compress data, and many other tasks.
Skimming through the Library Reference will give you an idea of
what's available.
\item \citetitle[../inst/inst.html]{Installing Python Modules}
explains how to install external modules written by other Python
users.
\item \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Language Reference}: A detailed
explanation of Python's syntax and semantics. It's heavy reading,
but is useful as a
\end{itemize}
More Python resources:
\begin{itemize}
\item \url{http://www.python.org}: The major Python Web site. It contains
code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the
Web. This Web site is mirrored in various places around the Web. This Web site is mirrored in various places around the
world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia; a mirror may be faster world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia; a mirror may be faster
than the main site, depending on your geographical location. than the main site, depending on your geographical location.
Many more user-created Python modules
can be found in the \ulink{Python Package \item \url{http://docs.python.org}: Fast access to Python's
Index}{http://www.python.org/pypi} (PyPI). documentation.
\item \url{http://cheeseshop.python.org}:
The Python Package Index, nicknamed the Cheese Shop,
is an index of user-created Python modules that are available for
download. Once you begin releasing code, you can register it
here so that others can find it.
\item \url{http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/}: The
Python Cookbook is a sizable collection of code examples, larger
modules, and useful scripts. Particularly notable contributions are
collected in a book also titled \citetitle{Python Cookbook} (O'Reilly
\& Associates, ISBN 0-596-00797-3.)
\end{itemize}
For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the
newsgroup \newsgroup{comp.lang.python}, or send them to the mailing newsgroup \newsgroup{comp.lang.python}, or send them to the mailing
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