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  • Other Documentation Tools

    ...download from the SourceForge project page). AutoDoc -- Documentation generator for Tcl. I don't see any online examples of actual source files, but the sources for the tool are documented using itself. ROBODoc -- Another multi-lingual tool, supports C, C++, Java, Assembler, Basic, Fortran, LaTeX, Postscript, Tcl/Tk, LISP, Forth, Perl, Shell Scripts, Occam, COBOL, HTML, and others (according to t...

  • Privacy Policy

    ...download information, or are merely visiting.  Becoming a member of the PSF will require us to ask for and store additional information. This privacy policy will govern our use of your information, regardless of what information we collect. 1. What information do we collect? We collect basic usage information in the form of logs from all visitors. When you visit any PSF-controlled website, our server logs your IP address, the time and duration of your visit, and the time and duration of the...

  • Release – Python 3.13.4

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    Released: June 3, 2025

    This is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.4 is the latest maintenance release, containing a few important security fixes as well as around …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.11

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    Released: Dec. 5, 2025

    This is the eleventh maintenance release of Python 3.13 Note: This is Python 3.13.11, a maintenance release for Python 3.13. Python 3.14 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.14.x here. Python 3.13.11 is the eleventh maintenance release of …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...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 microcontroller code is written in PicBasic Pro, a popular commercial product from MicroEngineering Labs, Inc. Screen shot of the online log of events from eBukal, with alerts in red and informational messages for daily diagnostics Zoom in The gamble paid off. The system works well and many bells and whistles could be added: A server logging fe...

  • Python Documentation Index

    Python Documentation Index Python Essays In this directory I place short essays (anything from 500 to 5000 words) on various Python subjects. See also a collection of presentations I have given. See also my blog at blogspot.com and my previous blog at artima.com. --Guido van Rossum Table of contents (in mostly chronological order) Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 (See below) Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.) Written in 1996, this gives an overview of the earl...

  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.)

    ...download area, all made available to any open source project for the asking. We currently have a development group with SourceForge checkin privileges of 30 volunteers, and a development mailing list comprising twice as many folks. The privileged volunteers have all sworn their allegiance to the BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life -- that's me :-). Introduction of major new features is regulated via a lightweight system of proposals and feedback, Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs). Ou...

  • Release – Python 3.9.1

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    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 3.13.1

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    Released: Dec. 3, 2024

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.1 is the latest maintenance release, containing almost 400 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...downloaded from the server when needed or when new versions are available. No user or administrator intervention is needed. Plugins can add, change, augment or hide any console functionality, providing a complete per-user customizable experience. A complete configuration and visual development environment is integrated into the console (including a version control system for Views and an interactive remote Python shell). Visualization and control forms (called Views) can be added, modified and ...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.3

    ...download one of the .src.rpmfiles below, and run "rpmbuild --rebuild python2-2.2.3-1.src.rpm". Note toward the end of the output, the lines starting with "Wrote:" indicate where the binary RPMs were written. <p /> The benefit of building binary RPMs in this way is that they are built using exactly the set of libraries and versions of packages that you have installed on your system. Because the SRPMs encompass all the steps required to build binary RPMs, it is a "...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...downloaded it, compiled it, and installed it on my SPARCstation. It actually worked out of the box!" As if that weren't enough, further investigation revealed that Python has a number of strengths, not the least of which is the fact that "things just work the first time. No other language exhibits that trait like Python," says Friedrich. He attributes this characteristic to three primary language features: Dynamic typing Pseudocode-like syntax The Python interpreter The result...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0b1

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    Released: May 7, 2025

    Only one day late, welcome to the first beta! This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b1, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to …

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  • PSF Trademark Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    ...download the official Python logo files from https://www.python.org/community/logos/ What does the Python logo mean? "The logo is actually based on Mayan representations of snakes. [...] The shapes used (cross/spiral/yin-yang) are also primitive enough that there will always be connotations that can be derived." - Tim Parkin May I use the Python logo to refer to things other than the Python programming language? In order to protect the mark, the Python logo may only be used to refe...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, October 11, 2005 (Draft)

    ...download page. Adding one could bring in more donations from satisfied customers. A mention of the PSF and donations in Python release announcements wouldn't hurt. Perhaps even a link in the installer, if it's not too big a deal. S. Deibel thought these good ideas, and asked if D. Goodger was volunteering for the new PSC. D. Goodger agreed, and also agreed to pursue the ideas above. S. Deibel decided not to dissolve the PSC, but to change its membership to include S. Holden, N. Norwitz, and D...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...download components into a workable hierarchy. An Example Python API for DocBook To support development of the necessary content inserter with DocBook, I needed a Python API that could be used to quickly generate the SGML formatted documents. The design chosen for this API provides abstract classes for each document element type in a DocBook Python module. These abstract classes can be inherited in code that defines particular document structures, and can be nested arbitrarily, so that each ma...

  • 2020 PSF Annual Report

    ...downloads with signed repository metadata, and a new dependency resolver for pip. For 2021, our goals are to continue to work on making the PSF financially sustainable and also improve community support via several initiatives. The PSF will be hiring a Developer-in-Residence to support CPython as well as a Director of Resource Development to spearhead fundraising efforts. We look forward to sharing these and many more updates with everyone as they develop...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...download in the file ftp://ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/lj/listings/issue73/3882.tgz About the Author Eric Raymond is a Linux advocate and the author of The Cathedral & The Bazaar. He can be reached via e-mail at esr@thyrsus.com.

  • Parade of the PEPs

    ...downloads? A "vote on this package" form? What is the original author planning to do? PEP 245 - Python Interface Syntax - Pelletier Jim Fulton has said that this PEP was premature. I agree. It introduces a new keyword, 'interface', and I'm not yet convinced that that is needed. On the other hand, the way this is currently done in Zope also looks butt-ugly, so something may indeed be needed. I think that at some point in the future when we have more experience with using inte...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...downloading upgrades from a vendor, or buying "canned" add-on applications from third parties. This would greatly empower users to improve their life by programming their personal tools to do exactly what they need them to do. The recently popular open source movement [OpenSource] is promising to improve the quality of key software packages through the peer review of thousands, as well as the ability for programmers to "scratch their own itch." (I.e., tweak the software in a minor way ...

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