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  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...lists, overallocation ranged between 3% and 25%. Now, it is a constant 12%. For smaller lists (n<8), overallocation was up to eight elements. Now, the overallocation is no more than three elements -- this improves space utilization for applications that have large numbers of small lists. Most list bodies now get re-used rather than freed. Speeds up list instantiation and deletion by saving calls to malloc() and free(). The dict.update() method now accepts all the same argument forms as the...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors January 10, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 UTC, 10 January 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the mee...

  • PyCon Registration Form

    PyCon Registration Form <h1>PyCon Registration</h1> <p><a href="http://us.pycon.org/Addison/Hotels" target="_blank">Hotel reservation info & links.</a></p> <p>Note: all prices are in US dollars.</p> <h2>Registration by mail</h2> <p>To pay by check, please send payment in funds <em>drawn on a US bank</em> to: <blockquote>ATTN: PyCon Registration<br> Python Software Foundation<br...

  • PyCon Registration Form

    PyCon Registration Form <h1>PyCon Registration</h1> <p><a href="http://us.pycon.org/Addison/Hotels" target="_blank">Hotel reservation info & links.</a></p> <p>Note: all prices are in US dollars.</p> <h2>Registration by mail</h2> <p>To pay by check, please send payment in funds <em>drawn on a US bank</em> to: <blockquote>ATTN: PyCon Registration<br> Python Software Foundation<br...

  • 2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...lists of top projects to get a clearer idea of exactly what still needs to be ported. </pycon surprise> As far as making plans for next month's activities, Brett's core development task project will be finished. 5.3   HAM WebPages/Links P. Campbell, Honorary Associate Membership (HAM) WebPages Start-up Project, reported continued activities from last month by saying: "According to our treasurer, Kurt Kaiser, a server has been setup and the CiviCRM has been installed. ...

  • Release – Python 2.6.7

    Version: None

    Released: June 3, 2011

    Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, …

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  • Release – Python 3.11.0a2

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    Released: Nov. 5, 2021

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a2 is the second of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

  • Release – Python 3.11.0a5

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 3, 2022

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a5 is the fifth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

  • Release – Python 3.8.16

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    Released: Dec. 6, 2022

    This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.16, a security 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. Security content in this …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 21, 2023

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a2 is the second of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

  • Release – Python 3.10.14

    Version: None

    Released: March 19, 2024

    This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.14, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.10 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content in this …

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  • MacPython 2.2.1

    MacPython 2.2.1 <h1>MacPython 2.2.1</h1> <p>Made available by Jack Jansen. <p>All files are also available from Jack's <a href="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html">MacPython page</a>, which you should visit anyway (even if you get the files from here). <p>You should probably read the <a href="../macnews.txt">Macintosh specific release notes</a> as well as the <a href="../NEWS.txt">general ones<a/&g...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Annual Meeting

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Annual Meeting The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 1st Annual Meeting The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its first annual meeting on March 5, 2001 at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. Greg Stein, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided over the meeting. The following members, constituting a quorum of the members according to the Bylaws, attended the meeting: David Ascher Fred L...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (July 16, 2002)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (July 16, 2002) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors July 16, 2002. A regular regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 1 pm EST. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following Board members were present: Tim Peters...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (June 10, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (June 10, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 10, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 GMT. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (December 9, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (December 9, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 9, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 18:00 GMT. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present ...

  • 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 282 changes …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...lists, this caused unnecessary complexity in practice. Lua code is easy to follow for short scripts, but its syntax and minimal standard library makes it unmanageable for larger programs. In a very important project, the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration (FCAA) wanted to run their user interface layouts not just on the PowerPanel, but also in the context of a web browser. This requirement was important enough that it led to re-implementation of the PanMachine in Java, so it could be run as...

  • Proposed Improvements to Module Cleanup

    Proposed Improvements to Module Cleanup Proposed Improvements to Module Cleanup I'm experimenting with a better way of cleaning up at the end of an execution run. Without implementing true GC, I can never do it 100% right, but I can implement a predictable set of rules based on practical observation that will solve most problems that are actually observed. Here's my proposal. At the end of this message I list some potential problems with the proposal and ask for feedback. This wi...

  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.)

    ...lists, a newsgroup, and now a book. Frankly, my only unfulfilled wish is to have my picture on the front page of the New York Times. But before I get carried away daydreaming, here are a few tidbits from Python's past. It all started with ABC, a wonderful teaching language that I had helped create in the early eighties. It was an incredibly elegant and powerful language, aimed at non-professional programmers. Despite all its elegance and power and the availability of a free impleme...

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