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  • What is Python? Executive Summary

    What is Python? Executive Summary What is Python? Executive Summary Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. Its high-level built in data structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it very attractive for Rapid Application Development, as well as for use as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components together. Python's simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes readability and therefore r...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction This is the story of Python at the Philips semiconductor manufacturing facility in Fishkill, NY. This facility, originally built by IBM, was acquired by Philips in 2000. I have been involved with this facility on and off for the past twelve years and was responsible for redesigning substantial portions of the factory tool control software using Python. In the early 1990s, the factory adopted an automation strategy based around Asyst Technology's tool loader...

  • Release – Python 3.14.3

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    Released: Feb. 3, 2026

    This is third maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.3 is the third maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 299 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.2. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and changes …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.1

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    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.1 is the first maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 558 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.0. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.2

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    Released: Dec. 5, 2025

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.2 is the second maintenance release of 3.14, containing 18 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.1. This is an expedited release to fix the following regressions: gh-142206: Exceptions in multiprocessing in …

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  • What's new in Python 1.5 and beyond

    ...interpreters(!), uninitialization, and access to the global interpreter lock. There is a -O option that removes SET_LINENO instructions, assert statements and code prefixed with if __debug__: .... (It still only makes a few percent difference, so don't get all worked up about this.) The Grand Renaming is completed: all linker-visible symbols defined by Python now have a "Py" or "_Py" prefix, and the same is true for most macros and typedefs. From 1.5a4 to 1.5b1 If you wer...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0b1

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    Released: May 8, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b1, is the first of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0

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    Released: Oct. 7, 2024

    This is the stable release of Python 3.13.0 Python 3.13.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. (Compared to the last release candidate, 3.13.0rc3, 3.13.0 contains two small bug fixes and some documentation and …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.2

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    Released: Feb. 4, 2025

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.2 is the latest maintenance release, containing almost 250 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.3

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    Released: April 8, 2025

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.3 is the latest maintenance release, containing almost 320 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.6

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    Released: Aug. 6, 2025

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.6 is the sixth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 200 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.8

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    Released: Oct. 7, 2025

    This is the eighth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest previous major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.8 is the eighth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 200 bugfixes, build improvements and …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.10

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    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    This is the tenth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13.10 is the tenth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 300 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.13.9. Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Some of the new major new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.12

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    Released: Feb. 3, 2026

    This is the twelfth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Note: This is Python 3.13.12, a maintenance release for Python 3.13. Python 3.14 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.14.x here. Python 3.13.12 is the twelfth maintenance release of …

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  • Progenv SIG - Python programming-environment issues

    Progenv SIG - Python programming-environment issues Progenv SIG - Python programming-environment issues This sig has been retired. New postings to the mailing list will be rejected, but the archives of the old list are still available for perusal. See the SIGs home page for info about active and inactive lists. This list was intended for the discussion of the issues concerning the Python programming environment - the facilities, including editors, interp...

  • Thread-SIG - SIG on Process Threading in Python

    Thread-SIG - SIG on Process Threading in Python SIG on Process Threading in Python This sig has been retired. New postings to the mailing list will be rejected, but the archives of the old list are still available for perusal. See the SIGs home page for info about active and inactive lists. This list's mission is to improve the status of threading in Python. Specifically: Python will have a sufficiently powerful threading interface ...

  • Release – Python 3.15.0a5

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    Released: Jan. 14, 2026

    Note: 3.15.0a4 was accidentally built against main from 2025-12-23 instead of 2026-01-13, so this 3.15.0a5 is an extra release correctly built against 2026-01-14. This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b3

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    Released: June 17, 2025

    It's 3.14 beta 3! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b3/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b3, is the third of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0b3

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    Released: June 27, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b3, is the third of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.5

    Version: None

    Released: June 11, 2025

    This is the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.5 is the fifth maintenance release of 3.13. 3.13.5 is an expedited release to fix …

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