mbt:~ roc$ !! python Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> print 'Hello, lawyers!' Hello, lawyers! >>> This site will help lawyers, especially those practicing in asset backed securitization, become literate in the Python programming language. Cashflows modeled in Python may become a part of statutory prospectuses for certain types of public offerings and may, accordingly, be within the scope of so-called '10-b5' opinions. Open source software available in the Python programming language can help lawyers cope with the very large volume of electronic documents that have become part of everyone's practice. The late 20th century saw the demise of the 'keyboard taboo.' The profession should prepare for an attack on the similar aversion to computer programming literacy by lawyers. How does Python compare with a system of coding that is really arbitrary and difficult? Getting started from scratch. Training wheels.

Python, as well as being very powerful, can also be very simple. Here is a tongue-in-cheek example:

    >>> hourly_rate = 550
    >>> billable_hours = 2300
    >>> associate_rate = 350
    >>> associate_billables = 2800
    >>> associates = 8
    >>> book_of_business = hourly_rate*billable_hours + associate_rate*associate_billables
    >>> book_of_business
    2245000
    >>> 
    >>> for partner in alt_hourly_rate:
    ...    print("Partner billable rate: %d\tBook of business: %d")  \
    ...    % (partner, partner*billable_hours +  associate_rate*associate_billables)
    ... 
    Partner billable rate: 450	Book of business: 2015000
    Partner billable rate: 500	Book of business: 2130000
    Partner billable rate: 550	Book of business: 2245000
    Partner billable rate: 600	Book of business: 2360000
    Partner billable rate: 650	Book of business: 2475000
    Partner billable rate: 700	Book of business: 2590000
    >>> 

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