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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 29-Jul-2003

    ...ce file encoding indicator, zipped code archives, package meta data, extended date/time processing, a logging module, and improved support for several operating systems, including Mac OS X. "The combination of the open source Unix-based core of Mac OS X running on PowerBook G4 high-performance portables has attracted a large number of developers using open source scripting languages like Python," said Bud Tribble, Apple's vice president of Software Technology. "Python 2.3 provides grea...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2.1

    ...converting a classic class to a new-style class. Since previous versions of Python don't support new-style classes, these can't be considered to be real bugs, but since we've tried very hard to make the behavior of new-style classes backwards compatible, it's important to note these differences. (There are of course many more differences that become relevant if you are writing a new-style class from scratch; this list only lists changes in behavior relevant for the conversion of classic classes...

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    ...converting a classic class to a new-style class. Since previous versions of Python don't support new-style classes, these can't be considered to be real bugs, but since we've tried very hard to make the behavior of new-style classes backwards compatible, it's important to note these differences. (There are of course many more differences that become relevant if you are writing a new-style class from scratch; this list only lists changes in behavior relevant for the conversion of classic classes...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 31-May-2003

    ...ck Exchange, Google, Philips, Hewlett Packard, Rackspace, Industrial Light and Magic, NASA, Disney, Compaq, and AstraZeneca. About Python Python is a powerful object oriented programming language that is developed and maintained by a global community of Open Source contributors, under the oversight of the Python Software Foundation. Python's unique blend of simplicity and power excels in a wide range of software development tasks, including the construction of web applications, compl...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 23-Sep-2003

    ...city and power excels in a wide range of software development tasks, including the construction of web applications, complex integrated business solutions, and large desktop applications. Python is often characterized as an agile language that promotes speedy development and includes a unit-testing framework for building more robust applications. Key features of Python include: Object orientation, modular name spaces, exceptions, and multi-threading High-level dynamic data typing a...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 19-Dec-2003

    ...cluding several serious errors with weakrefs and the cyclic garbage collector. There are also a number of fixes to the standard library. Python is a powerful and agile programming language that significantly increases programmer productivity. It is very easy to learn for programmers of other languages such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. The language is the basis of mission-critical applications used by tens of thousands of companies and organizations worldwide, and its user base...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: March 14, 2025

    Here comes the penultimate 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, 3.14.0a6, is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 3-Oct-2003

    ...ckaging problems found in version 2.3.1, which introduced a number of enhancements based on two months of experience since release of version 2.3. Python is a powerful and agile programming language that significantly increases programmer productivity. It is very easy to learn for programmers of other languages such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. The language is the basis of mission-critical applications used by tens of thousands of companies and organizations worldwide, and its use...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...ccess Stories Introduction TTTech, founded in 1998, focuses on developing a technology for safety-critical real-time systems. Our central technology is the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), a communication protocol used in embedded systems for distributed fault-tolerant applications, such as drive-by-wire and fly-by-wire vehicles. For TTP, we provide chip models for implementing the necessary hardware in silicon, services to customers using the technology, and a broad range of tools. When star...

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    ...converting a classic class to a new-style class. Since previous versions of Python don't support new-style classes, these can't be considered to be real bugs, but since we've tried very hard to make the behavior of new-style classes backwards compatible, it's important to note these differences. (There are of course many more differences that become relevant if you are writing a new-style class from scratch; this list only lists changes in behavior relevant for the conversion of classic classes...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0a7

    Version: None

    Released: April 8, 2025

    Here comes the final alpha! This means we have just four weeks until the first beta to get those last features into 3.14 before the feature freeze on 2025-05-06! This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 22-Oct-2002

    ...ce code is delivered with their systems, so clients have complete control over their software. Customers include Fortune 1000 companies, newspapers and other media, telecommunications firms, government agencies, the military, educational institutions and Internet businesses. Zope Corporation is backed by Opticality Ventures www.opticality.com. The company is headquartered in Virginia. For more on Zope Corporation and Zope visit www.zope.com. Contact: Lois Snitkoff Zope Corporatio...

  • Python Software Foundation: Articles of Incorporation

    ...cientific, educational, and charitable purposes, including: (a) aggregating intellectual property consisting of the computer language known as "Python," components of which are currently held by multiple parties; (b) educating and training members of the general public in the application of Python; (c) offering Python to members of the general public through the use of open source code licensing; and (d) developing Python more extensively through scientific research conducted by...

  • About

    ...cluded" to describe the standard library, which covers everything from asynchronous processing to zip files. The language itself is a flexible powerhouse that can handle practically any problem domain. Build your own web server in three lines of code. Build flexible data-driven code using Python's powerful and dynamic introspection capabilities and advanced language features such as meta-classes, duck typing and decorators. Python lets you write the code you need, quickly. And, thanks to a ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 27-Dec-2004

    ...change ideas, work on code, discuss future directions for the language, and in general to foster the continued success and growth of the Python technology base. This is a community-oriented conference and the Python community includes everyone, from grade schoolers just learning about computer science, to renowned scientists interested in using the best tools, to business people looking for a secret weapon," said Guido van Rossum, creator of Python. PyCon 2005 is organized by members ...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2

    ...converting a classic class to a new-style class. Since previous versions of Python don't support new-style classes, these can't be considered to be real bugs, but since we've tried very hard to make the behavior of new-style classes backwards compatible, it's important to note these differences. (There are of course many more differences that become relevant if you are writing a new-style class from scratch; this list only lists changes in behavior relevant for the conversion of classic classes...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Requirements

    ...C/C++ source, there must be a standardized way to get Python's configuration data (such as compiler, compiler flags, platform, default library directory, etc.). It must be easy for a module developer to create both source and built distributions. It must be easy for a third party (the "packager") to download a source distribution, build it on a particular platform, and create a built distribution for that platform ...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Requirements

    ...C/C++ source, there must be a standardized way to get Python's configuration data (such as compiler, compiler flags, platform, default library directory, etc.). It must be easy for a module developer to create both source and built distributions. It must be easy for a third party (the "packager") to download a source distribution, build it on a particular platform, and create a built distribution for that platform ...

  • Release – Python 3.7.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 17, 2017

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.7 Major new features of the 3.7 series, compared to 3.6 Python 3.7 is still in development. This releasee, 3.7.0a2, is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

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  • A Journey to Python

    ...ccumulating vacation at Italian rates, but typically took amounts of vacation on more of an American scale. So, after a few years on the job, I had QUITE a lot of accumulated vacation. And in Italy, by law, you never "lose" vacation days you're due.) I threw myself into the task; the first edition of the Cookbook emerged from that long and frantic effort. ActiveState's people who worked with me on that project, chiefly David Ascher who's credited as co-author of the Cookbook, expre...

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