[Tutor] library:

[Alan Gauld]

On 21/08/13 04:00, William Crowder wrote:
> I am reading posts and watching videos. I am following along with the
> shell, i am retaining the info. But WHAT is a library?

It varies but in general programming terms is a collection of functions 
or classes that can be reused by programmers. Most languages have a 
"standard library" and a collection of additional proprietary libraries.
Python's standard library  consists of a set of modules, each of which
exposes a set of functions or classes for performing related tasks.

The documentation for Python's standard library (V2) can be found here:

http://docs.python.org/2/py-modindex.html

The documentation for GNU C++'s standard library is here:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/libstdc++-api-4.6/modules.html

And for Java it is here:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/

It's interesting to compare their breadth and nature.

HTH
-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/