do design patterns still apply with Python?

[Roy Smith]

In article <7xirqwz5ye.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
 Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

> Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> writes:
> > > Somewhat less often, something is easy in Java and difficult in
> > > Python.
> > Example?
> 
> Sandboxed code is a real obvious one.

What is "sandboxed code"?