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Python for Mac OS X Python for Mac OS X Python comes pre-installed on Mac OS X so it is easy to start using. However, to take advantage of the latest versions of Python, you will need to download and install newer versions alongside the system ones. The easiest way to do that is to install one of the binary installers for OS X from the Python Download page. Installers are available for the latest Python 3 and Python 2 releases that will work on all Macs that run Mac OS X 10.5 and later. Py...
Python 2.2.1 Python 2.2.1 Note: See Python 2.2.3 for a patch release which supersedes 2.2.1. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.2, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. We are pleased to announce the release o...
Python Success Stories Introduction This story is about applying Python in the automated CD/DVD disc packaging industry. In the wholesale market, CD/DVD discs are sold in units of 10, 20 or 50 in one shrink-wrapped bulk package. Counting out stacks of discs for these packages is labor-intensive and requires several steps to accomplish: picking up an estimated number of discs from a large stack, verifying the correctness of the number of discs using a disc counter, adding or removing discs t...
Python Success Stories Background Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) was started in 1975 by filmmaker George Lucas, in order to create the special effects for the original Star Wars film. Since then, ILM has grown into a visual effects powerhouse that has contributed not just to the entire Star Wars series, but also to films as diverse as Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Terminator 2. ILM has won numerous Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects...
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Released: Dec. 3, 2008
Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and …
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Released: May 30, 2003
We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.2.3 (final), on May 30, 2003. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.2 and supersedes the previous bugfix release, Python 2.2.2. Note: there's a security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer.py. Download the release …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Released: Aug. 25, 2015
Python 3.5.0rc2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc2 was released on August 25th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: Sept. 8, 2015
Python 3.5.0rc3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc3 was released on September 7th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: Sept. 9, 2015
Python 3.5.0rc4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc4 was released on September 9th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: Nov. 23, 2015
Python 3.5.1rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1rc1 was released on November 22th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: Dec. 7, 2015
Python 3.5.1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1 was released on December 6th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: June 13, 2016
Python 3.5.2rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.2rc1 was released on June 12th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …
Released: Jan. 9, 2018
This is an early developer preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This releasee, 3.7.0a4, is the last of four 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 the …
Released: June 18, 2019
Python 3.6.9rc1 is a release candidate preview of the latest security fix release of Python 3.6. Note Python 3.7 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.7.x here. Python 3.6.8 was the final bugfix release for …
Released: Oct. 4, 2021
This is the stable release of Python 3.10.0 Python 3.10.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Among the new major new features and changes …
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