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"# Chapter 0: Start up"
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"## Review"
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"Read [Chapter 0](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/master/00_intro_00_lecture.ipynb) of the book. Then, work through the questions below."
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"### Essay Questions "
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"Answer the following questions *briefly*!"
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"**Q1**: Describe the difference between the terms **programming** and **computer science**!"
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"**Q2**: Explain what is a **pull request** and elaborate on how this concept fits a *distributed* organization of work!"
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"**Q3**: In what sense are **open-source** communities democracies? How are they near-perfect [meritocracies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy)? How is open-source software development similar to academia?"
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"**Q4**: What is a *significant* advantage of a \"slow\" programming language like Python over a faster one like C?"
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"### True / False Questions"
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"Motivate your answer with *one short* sentence!"
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"**Q5**: Python has been the fastest-growing *major* programming language in recent years."
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"**Q6**: Python is named after a snake to emphasize its agility and fast development speed right in its name."
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"**Q7**: Python was initially designed for highly intensive numerical computing, in particular for use cases from physics and astronomy."
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"**Q9**: Python is *free software*. That means it does not cost anything."
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