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  • Release – Python 3.13.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 17, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b4, is the final beta release preview of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules: email, time, and ConfigParser -- for email parsing, phone message generation and log book entry on the server side cgi and sha -- for a CGI module to edit the server configuration file wxPython and wx.xrc -- for the GUI written in XRCed serial, pickle, ConfigParser, and time -- for the serial-communication library for eBukal setpoint download Unfortunately there is no PIC compiler using Python syntax; if such a tool existed, the circle would have been completed. As a result, the micr...

  • Python Getopt SIG

    Python Getopt SIG Python Getopt SIG The purpose of this SIG was to come up with a new and improved library for command-line parsing in Python 2.3. Everybody seems to agree that the venerable getopt module just doesn't do enough. The trick is to find something that is sufficiently powerful and flexible without being too complex to use, especially for novice programmers. The SIG was kicked off shortly after David Goodger and Greg Ward (your humble narrator and champion of this SI...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0a6

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    Released: April 28, 2020

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a6 is the last out of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 22-Oct-2002

    ...modules May be compiled to Java byte code for use in any JVM String and regular expression processing Extensive XML and web services support HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling GUI development and multimedia services Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation Restricted execution security option Available third party modules for database access, mat...

  • Release – Python 3.9.1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 7, 2020

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. We've made …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 1, 2024

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate (and the last planned …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc2

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    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the second release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc2, is the final release preview. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is scheduled for Tuesday, 2024-10-01. There will be no …

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  • 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 3.14.4

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    Released: April 7, 2026

    This is fourth maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.4 is the fourth maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 337 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.3. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and changes …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules. For a development environment, we used Wing IDE as the preferred IDE. While our test machines ran both on Linux and Windows, we were able to do all our primary development on Windows, with Wing IDE. Overview of the Armadillo Architecture Zoom in Nose tests and the standard library module unittest gave the project a strong unit testing foundation. This was a crucial component of our development process that helped us maintain high code quality. One minor feature of Python development ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules, threads, exceptions, and automatic memory management. At the time, both C and C++ were rejected as missing at least some of these features. The solution needed to be multi-threaded. Neither Perl nor Java was chosen as the solution at the time. Perl was not considered to be as robust. Java did not allow control over the core interpreter. The language was subject to the quirks of the particular Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on each system. Although a JRE could have been bundled...

  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    ...modules with the 32-bit-only Python installed, you will need Apple Xcode 3, not 4. The 64-bit/32-bit Python can use either Xcode 3 or Xcode 4.

  • What is Python? Executive Summary

    ...modules and packages, which encourages program modularity and code reuse. The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are available in source or binary form without charge for all major platforms, and can be freely distributed. Often, programmers fall in love with Python because of the increased productivity it provides. Since there is no compilation step, the edit-test-debug cycle is incredibly fast. Debugging Python programs is easy: a bug or bad input will never cause...

  • Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5

    Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5 Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5 (updated for Python 1.5.2 -baw) User-defined Python exceptions can be either strings or Python classes. Since classes have many nice properties when used as exceptions, it is desirable to migrate to a situation where classes are used exclusively. Prior to Python 1.5 alpha 4, Python's standard exceptions (IOError, TypeError, etc.) were defined as strings. Changing these to classes posed some particula...

  • Release – Python 3.5.0b1

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    Released: May 24, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b1 was released on May 24th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: June 1, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b2 was released on May 31st, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b3

    Version: None

    Released: July 5, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b3 was released on July 5th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 26, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b4 was released on July 26th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 11, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc1 was released on August 10th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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