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  • Release – Python 3.5.5

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 5, 2018

    Python 3.5.5 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.5 was released on February 4th, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only improvements between Python 3.5.4 and Python 3.5.5 are security …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.5rc1

    Version: None

    Released: March 13, 2018

    Python 3.6.5rc1 is a release candidate preview of the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class creation …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 12, 2018

    Python 3.6.6rc1 is a release candidate preview of the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class creation …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: July 20, 2018

    Python 3.5.6rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.6rc1 was released on July 19th, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.6

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 2, 2018

    Python 3.5.6 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.6 was released on August 2nd, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 26, 2018

    Python 3.6.7rc1 is a release candidate preview of the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class creation …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.7rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 13, 2018

    Python 3.6.7rc2 is the second release candidate preview of the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: March 4, 2019

    Python 3.5.7rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.7rc1 was released on March 4th, 2019. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.7

    Version: None

    Released: March 18, 2019

    Python 3.5.7 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.7 was released on March 18th, 2019. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.8rc1

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    Released: Sept. 9, 2019

    Python 3.5.8rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.8rc1 was released on September 9th, 2019. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.8rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 12, 2019

    Python 3.5.8rc2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.8rc2 was released on October 12th, 2019. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.8

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 29, 2019

    Python 3.5.8 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.8 was released on October 29th, 2019. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.3

    Version: None

    Released: May 13, 2020

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.3, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. Major new features of …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0a5

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 11, 2025

    Here comes the antepenultimate alpha. This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a5, is the fifth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to …

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  • FSF response to the Python 2.1 license

    ...make code unfree. Then anyone can receive a GPL'd program, modify it, and rerelease under a GPL with an Unfeedonian-law-applies clause. We're screwed. So we have never allowed a license with a choice-of-law clause to be treated as fully compatible with GPL. Virginia is the worst of all choices, because that state has passed the UCITA law, which adds a whole new range of risks and burdens in the distribution of free software. We explained all this to CNRI, but it was the other sub...

  • Python 2.4.6 Release

    ...make", "make install" commands to compile and install Python. The source archive is also suitable for Windows users who feel the need to build their own version. What's New? See the highlights of the Python 2.4 release. Andrew Kuchling's What's New in Python 2.4 describes the most visible changes since Python 2.3 in more detail. A detailed list of the changes in 2.4.6 can be found in the release notes, or the Misc/NEWS file in the source distribution. For the full list of chang...

  • Python 1.6.1

    ...make installing, building and distributing third party packages much simpler. There's now special syntax that you can use instead of the apply() function. f(*args, **kwds) is equivalent to apply(f, args, kwds). You can also use variations f(a1, a2, *args, **kwds) and you can leave one or the other out: f(*args), f(**kwds). The built-ins int() and long() take an optional second argument to indicate the conversion base -- of course only if the first argument is a string. This makes string.atoi()...

  • Release – Python 3.8.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 3, 2019

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.8 Major new features of the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7 Python 3.8 is still in development. This releasee, 3.8.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: May 6, 2019

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.8 Major new features of the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code. With a baseline of two dozen languages under my belt, I could detect all the telltale signs of a language design that had been pushed to the edge of its functional envelope. By mid-1997, I was thinking "there has to be a better way" and began casting about for a more elegant scripting language. One course I did not consider was going back to C as a default language. The days when it made sense to do your own memory m...

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