[X-Unix] Python?

[Alexandre Gauthier]

Basically, Python is programming language, not unlike Perl or C.
It may be connecting to the internet simply because you have an application
written in such language that opens a connection to the internet.

Python programs are interpreted, meaning that launching a python application
would basically involve invoking the python parser, followed by the file
containing the application code. Perl works this way too.

So, you would see Python connecting to the internet because a python program
is attempting to.

Bittorrent for instance is written in python, if I am not mistaken.


On 13/06/04 15:06, "thomas fritscher" <thomas at freedombmx.de> wrote:

> Hello, just a quick question, it might sound stupid to you but what is
> python and why does it connect to the internet all the time?
> thanks,
> thomas
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