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  • What's new in Python 2.3

    ...Python 2.3 What's new in Python 2.3 Here are the (subjective) highlights of what's new in Python 2.3. Faster According to a couple of simple benchmark, Python 2.3 is about 20-30% faster than Python 2.2.3. Some of this speed-up was obtained by removing the SET_LINENO opcodes, which means that the difference is less impressive when comparing "python -O"; the rest was various careful tune-ups. New Tools A brand new version of IDLE (from the IDLEfork project at SourceForge) is now ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python appeared to offer the prospect of having both clarity and productivity at the same time. And if we ever needed to make use of Java's class libraries there was always Jython, an implementation of Python for the JVM. The increasing number of Python books being published testified to the language's growing popularity, and the number of available libraries was beginning to rival Perl's. This convinced me to give Python a try. Python Finds a Home Soon thereafter, I introduced Python to my fe...

  • Bugs in Python 2.3.1

    ...Python 2.3.1 <h3>Bugs in Python 2.3.1</h3> <ul> <li>IDLE now executes code in a separate process. To communicate between the main process and executing processes, IDLE opens a socket to 127.0.0.1 (the local machine). Some firewalls running on Windows machines interfere with this and can cause either silent failures or erroneous popup windows from the firewall. This problem only occurs if you run a firewall on the same machine as IDLE.</li> <li>The test fo...

  • t1python - A Type1 Font Renderer for Python

    ...code or the Python extensions.) Most aspects of the underlying t1lib have been exposed to the Python layer. The exceptions are the functions which support the rasterization of Type1 fonts directly into X11 bitmaps and pixmaps; these are not needed from Python. An object-oriented layer written in Python makes using the primitives a bit easier, and an additional module supports the conversion of t1lib glyphs to Python Imaging Library (PIL) ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (June 14, 2005)

    ...Python Michael Hudson and Jacob Hallen have requested money to sponsor a social event at EuroPython and for a PSF banner or poster. Stephan Deibel moved that it is RESOLVED, that a budget of $1,000 will be made available for banner, posters, brochures, and any food, drink, and venue costs for a PSF sponsored social event at EuroPython. Reimbursement will require receipts from the recipient of the funds. The motion was approved 5-0-1. 4. "Summer of Code" plans David Ascher said he expec...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation

    Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation User Documents Two documents have been written to cover the Distutils, and are part of Python's standard documentation set: Installing Python Modules This is for end-users, system administrators, and Python programmers who need to install third-party modules to their existing Python installation. It focusses on using the Distutils, b...

  • Release – Python 3.11.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 11, 2022

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.11 Python 3.11 is still in development. 3.11.0b4 is the fourth of five planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects to support …

  • Help

    ...Python? Check out the Beginner's Guide. New to Python? Read the standard tutorial. Look for a suitable book from a growing list of titles. Looking for code? See the download page for links to the Python interpreter. Explore the development repository. Got a Python problem or question? First check the Python FAQs, with answers to many common, general Python questions. The Python Help category of the discuss.python.org website hosts usage questions and answers from the Python communit...

  • Bugs in Python 2.3.2

    ...code>-u audio</code> as argument.)</li> <li>test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See SourceForge bug reports number <a href="http://python.org/sf/775964">775964</a> and <a href="http://python.org/sf/779218">77...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 10-Apr-2002

    ...Python programming language and standard libraries. This release includes over 100 enhancements for users of version 2.2 of Python. "We're pleased to offer this release to the Python users community. As we move towards the next major release of Python, we remain committed to supporting users with incremental enhancements such as those found in this release," said Guido van Rossum, creator of Python and president of the Python Software Foundation. About Python Python is a power...

  • Release – Python 3.10.2

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 14, 2022

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.10 Python 3.10.2 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. This is a special bugfix release ahead of schedule to address a memory leak that was happening on certain function calls …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python code. The XML processing tools in Python are, like everything else included with Python, well thought out, spec compliant, and powerful. Gusto.com often builds automated test suites in Python, in order to validate a new supplier Web service before rolling it into its web presence. Python's rapid development times and capacity for automating this kind of testing makes it possible to quickly find and work around bugs in the supplier's code, resulting in a more a robust web application. So...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python also made it very easy to integrate other programmers' modules into our code. We have and are continuing to experiment with the Python Imaging Library, pyXML, and Numeric. Professor Bishop and graduate student Peter Parente enabled use of the OpenAL library for spatial sound and the Immersion library for haptic feedback from Python. This was done with SWIG, which allows for the automated development of Python language bindings for C and C++ code. The BATS team is now working on taking asp...

  • SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks

    ...Python Persistence BOF at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Python Persistence Date: 07/25/2002 Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Grande Ballroom C in the East Tower Moderated by: Patrick O'Brien, Orbtech A Python Persistence Special Interest Group was recently formed to explore ways to add basic persistence and transaction mechanisms into the core of Python to avoid duplication of effort by a variety of projects that have similar issues. This BOF will permit participants to pond...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python Mantra Still missing in our plan were the skills needed to code Python servers and clients. Most of the programmers in our team knew only a mix of Java, Visual Basic, and C++. While the J2EE group was working on solving J2EE problems, we invested a day in teaching Python to the rest of the team. Python wasted no time making its way into the hearts and minds of these programmers. It was a thrill to hear fellow programmers chiming in with our own Python mantra: "This is what I've alwa...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python Python was used from the start of this project. It was a bit difficult to recruit new developers with prior experience in Python, however our experience so far has been that Python has been a very easy language to pick up. Once you learn Python, it's hard to go back to using other languages like C/C++. There were several reasons we decided to user Python as the platform of choice for WordStream. First, Python code is extremely and universally readable. Developers from any language backgro...

  • Organizations Cooperating with the Python Software Foundation

    ...Python Software Foundation The Python Software Foundation cooperates with the following organizations, who share the PSF's interest in Python and free software: ZEUUX Python African Tour

  • Release – Python 2.3.7

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. This release addresses a number of cases interpreter …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Articles of Incorporation

    ...Python," components of which are currently held by multiple parties; (b) educating and training members of the general public in the application of Python; (c) offering Python to members of the general public through the use of open source code licensing; and (d) developing Python more extensively through scientific research conducted by the Corporation. The Corporation shall have all powers now or hereafter granted by law, and in addition thereto shall have all powers lawfully ...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 3, 2020

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b4, is the fourth of five planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects …

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