First of all, anyone can learn to program a computer. Computer programming doesn’t require a high IQ and an innate proficiency in advanced mathematics. Computer programming just requires a desire to learn and the patience never to give up.

It is a pleasure to acknowledge the help we have received. Charlene Herring, Debbie Herring, Barry Jacobs, and Joseph Miller made their student classroom notes available to us. James Cox, Keith Harrow, Steve Henkind, Karen Lemone, Colm O’Dunlaing, and James Robinett provided helpful comments and corrections. Stewart Weiss was kind enough to redraw one of the figures. Thomas Ostrand, Norman Shulman, Louis Salkind, Ron Sigal, Patricia Teller, and Elia Weixelbaum were particularly generous with their time, and devoted many hours to helping us.

It is an exciting moment for the Python community. After two decades of careful innovation that saw the language gain features such as context managers, generators, and comprehensions in a careful balance with its focus on remaining simple in both its syntax and its concepts, Python is finally taking off.

Hacking: Beginner to Expert Guide to Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and Penetration Testing (Computer Science Series) Whenever you encounter the word hacking, you probably associate it with sending an encrypted program to another user, and then being able to get unauthorized access on a remote computer.