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  • 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...

  • Release – Python 3.12.6

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.6 is the latest maintenance release, containing about 90 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.5. This is an …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b3

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    Released: June 17, 2025

    It's 3.14 beta 3! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b3/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b3, is the third of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0

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    Released: Oct. 7, 2025

    This is the stable release of Python 3.14.0 Python 3.14.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimisations compared to Python 3.13. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0a2

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    Released: March 9, 2015

    Python 3.5.0a2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0a2 was released on March 9th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Python 3.5 is still in development, …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0a3

    Version: None

    Released: March 30, 2015

    Python 3.5.0a3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0a3 was released on March 30th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Python 3.5 is still in development, …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.0a7

    Version: None

    Released: April 4, 2023

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a7 is the seventh and final alpha release of 3.12. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to …

  • Release – Python 3.11.5

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    Released: Aug. 24, 2023

    This is the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.11 Python 3.11.5 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Security content in this release gh-108310: Fixed an issue where instances of ssl.SSLSocket were vulnerable …

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  • Python Core Mentorship

    Python Core Mentorship Introduction The Python Core Mentorship Program is predicated on the idea that Python core, and Python as a whole would be served by further lowering the barrier to entry of contribution to Python core (original proposal) The mission of the Python Core Mentor Program is to provide an open and welcoming place to connect students, programmers – and anyone interested in contributing to the Python core development. This project is based on the idea that the best way to welc...

  • 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...

  • A Journey to Python

    ...PythonUK, EuroPython, PyCon, OSCON, and many Italian open-source ones. It's also through Python that I got back in touch with a woman, Anna, whom I had known years before but had lost contact with. She was studying Python and recognizing my name mailed me to ask me for some help. She's now my wife, and became the first woman member of the PSF. We did the second edition of the Python Cookbook together, and although she's not officially an author of the second edition of Python in a Nutshell, s...

  • SIG on Python bindings for Objective-C/NeXTSTEP/OpenStep

    ...Python / Objective C connection lives on in the PyObjC project at SourceForge! The purpose of this SIG is to complete a Python extension module binding the Objective-C and Python runtime systems. Goals include: Providing the ability to dynamically call from Objective-C to Python and vice versa. Resolving the syntactic differences between the languages. Providing the ability to move inheritance, interface, and implementation easily across the Python/Objective-C boundary. ...

  • Release – Python 3.4.7

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 9, 2017

    Python 3.4 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.4.10, the final release of the 3.4 series, is available here. Python 3.4.7 was released on August 9th, 2017. Python 3.4 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only improvements between Python 3.4.6 and Python 3.4.7 are …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.1

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    Released: Dec. 8, 2023

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.1 is the latest maintenance release, containing more than 400 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.0. Major …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 6, 2024

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.2 is the latest maintenance release, containing more than 350 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.1. Major …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 9, 2024

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.3 is the latest maintenance release, containing more than 300 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.2. Major …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.4

    Version: None

    Released: June 6, 2024

    This is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.4 is the latest maintenance release, containing more than 250 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.3. Major …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.7

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    Released: Oct. 1, 2024

    This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.7 is the latest maintenance release, containing about 120 bug fixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.6. Major …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.9

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 4, 2025

    This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12.9 is the latest maintenance release of Python 3.12, containing about 180 bug fixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.8. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.10

    Version: None

    Released: April 8, 2025

    This is the tenth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12.10 is the latest maintenance release of Python 3.12, and the last full maintenance release. Subsequent releases of 3.12 will be security-fixes only. This last maintenance release contains about 230 bug fixes, build improvements and documentation changes since …

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