[Courses] [python] Lesson 1: Hello world

[Erin McLaughlin]

> ================= Homework =========================
>
> 1. I'm interested in hearing what version of Python everybody is running,
>     on which operating system, distro and version. Please post your results!
>     Especially if python3 is the default, or if you have any other problems
>     running the examples.
I'm using Python 2.7.1+ on Ubuntu 11.04
> 2. Why are there two commas in
>      print "Hello,", name
>      ? What do you think the difference is between them?
The first one is part of the output.  The second one is going "jsyk 
print, you also need to stick this on the end".
> 3. Anyone know why the language was named Python?
...it doesn't have anything to do with snakes, does it. :(

Thanks,
Erin McLaughlin
I'm emclaughlin1215 at gmail.com