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12. What Now?
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which gives complete (though terse) reference material about types,
functions, and modules that can save you a lot of time when writing
Python programs. The standard Python distribution includes a
<em>lot</em> of code in both C and Python; there are modules to read
<span class="Unix">Unix</span> mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate random
numbers, parse command-line options, write CGI programs, compress
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code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages 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
than the main site, depending on your geographical location. A more
informal site is <a class="url" href="http://starship.python.net/">http://starship.python.net/</a>, which contains a
bunch of Python-related personal home pages; many people have
downloadable software there. Many more user-created Python modules
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up to several hundred),
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