expanded/improved preface in org-babel.org

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Through Org-Babel Org-Mode can communicate with programming languages.
Code contained in source-code blocks can be evaluated passing and
receiving data to and from org-mode files, tables, other source-code
blocks, and interactive comint buffers.
Code contained in source-code blocks can be evaluated and data can
pass seamlessly between different programming languages, Org-Mode
constructs (tables, file links, example text) and interactive comint
buffers.
In this document:
- The [[* Introduction][Introduction]] :: provides a brief overview of the design and use
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- The [[* Sandbox][Sandbox]] :: demonstrates much of the early/basic functionality
through commented source-code blocks.
Also see the [[file:library-of-babel.org][Library of Babel]] an extensible collection of ready-made
and easily-shortcut-callable source-code blocks for handling common
tasks.
* Introduction
Org-Babel enables *communication* between programming languages and
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Org-Babel provides:
- communication between programs :: Data passes seamlessly between
different programming languages, text, and tables.
different programming languages, Org-Mode constructs (tables,
file links, example text) and interactive comint buffers.
- communication between people :: Data and calculations are embedded
in the same document as notes explanations and reports.