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  • Release – Python 3.8.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 24, 2020

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.2, a 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. Major new features of …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 7, 2020

    This is the release candidate of the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.7rc1, a 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. …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...issues with the classes I was writing for dealing with the different stylistic requirements at the different levels of sections, headings, paragraphs, and phrases. To address these problems, I considered writing ASCII text files to specify margins, font, heading level, and insertion points for standard forms. But inventing my own standard for text-specified typesetting would have been time consuming and costly both to develop and to maintain. What I really needed was a Python API to quickly gene...

  • Python Software Foundation: Treasurer's Report (December 2003)

    ...I requesting they convert to an Emeritus Member Find an accountant familiar with the public support test DC sales tax exemption/becoming foreign corp in dc I have found out the following about receiving a sales tax exemption in DC. I haven't been able to verify the information. Once I get more information I will report back. I received a response from my original application. In order to receive the exemption, we must register as a foreign corporation in DC. (see ht...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 15, 2024

    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, 3.14.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Support Python in 2022!

    ...itting important milestones: driving down the PR backlog, completing the migration of bugs.python.org to GitHub, and more. Welcome, Deb! Executive Director Deb Nicholson took the helm of the PSF, bringing with her a wealth of experience in Open Source and Python communities and nonprofit leadership. Investing in infrastructure - We doubled the size of our infrastructure team this year with the hire of Chloe Gerhardson as Infrastructure Engineer, joining Director of Infrastructure Ee Durbin. T...

  • 2014-01-31 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...ill working on updating CiviCRM; PyCon duties and redesign are getting in the way. Ongoing Projects Board Agenda / Minutes: I continue to write up the Board Agenda and keep it up to date. I continue to write up the Board Meeting minutes. Grant and Award Notification: I continue to notify respective parties of board resolutions. Email and Communication: I am continuing to monitor all PSF Board/Members mailing lists also making sure emails are being answered/followed up on. I am continuing...

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

    ...inning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language," said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc. Python significantly increases programmer productivity over languages such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. The language's global user base is estimated in the hundreds of thousands and is growing rapidly. Python runs on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix,...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...ival material. Within the Python community, the distribution-utilities special interest group is attempting to make the distribution and installation of third party software easier, but it does not address the wider issues involved, and again, it is narrowly focused on Python software [Distutils]. The most ambitious related work we are familiar with is the self-updating software [Liskov] project. Application Frameworks We will examine the impact of future changes in computing and communi...

  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    ...ine what its License means, and, since its headquarters are in Virginia, Virginia law is a logical choice. The adoption of UCITA in Virginia was not a motivating factor. If CNRI didn't require that its License be interpreted under Virginia law, then anyone could interpret the license under very different laws than the ones under which it is intended to be interpreted. In particular in a jurisdiction that does not recognize general disclaimers of liability (such as in CNRI license's paragr...

  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    ...ine what its License means, and, since its headquarters are in Virginia, Virginia law is a logical choice. The adoption of UCITA in Virginia was not a motivating factor. If CNRI didn't require that its License be interpreted under Virginia law, then anyone could interpret the license under very different laws than the ones under which it is intended to be interpreted. In particular in a jurisdiction that does not recognize general disclaimers of liability (such as in CNRI license's paragr...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...ise, debugging runtime errors in installed code required intense analysis. Most of the common code was not well modularized, making general changes in common business practice impossible. Tight coupling with system APIs married the code base to technologies on a path to extinction, such as OS/2 and several proprietary communication libraries. Enter Python After some time away from the facility, I returned to the Fishkill facility in 1997. At this time, I was charged with the task of redesigni...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 25, 2022

    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, 3.12.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

  • PSF Trademark Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    ...imply a fairly archaic informal branding. Variation on the 1990s informal Python logo. Around 2005, Python wished to move from a "cute" animal icon to something balancing formality and playfulness. The current logo works better as an icon than this old image. The author of the Python logo, Tim Parkin initially created a more squared off version, before refining it. The version is PROHIBITED since it is dilutive of the final design. Correct version. As well as rounding th...

  • Python 2.1.1

    ...Python-2.1.1.exe, the Windows installer, from one of the download locations below, run it, and follow the friendly instructions on the screen to complete the installation. (Python-2.1.1-Debug.zip is a set of DLLs for Windows developers compiled in debug mode; it contains nothing of value for regular Python users.) Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's win32all, a collection of Windows-specific extensions including COM support and Pythonwin, an IDE built using Windows co...

  • Release – Python 3.8.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 8, 2020

    This is the release candidate of the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.6rc1, a 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. …

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

    ...It is an important part of our commitment to maintaining widely used stable versions of Python," said Guido van Rossum, creator of Python and president of the Python Software Foundation. Python is a uniquely agile programming language that significantly increases programmer productivity over languages such as C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic. The language is used in mission-critical applications by hundreds of thousands of companies and organizations worldwide, and its user base is growing...

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

    ...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 and very late binding Tight integration with C, C++, and Java modules ...

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

    ...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 and very late binding Tight integration with C, C++, and Java modules ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 9-Mar-2005

    ...in, an engineering manager at Google working with the Blogger team, will be giving a keynote presentation on Google's use of Python for internal projects. Mr. Stein's keynote is scheduled for Friday, March 25, at 9:30 AM. PyCon 2005, the third annual Python developers' conference, will be held at George Washington University's Cafritz Conference Center in Washington DC on March 23-25, 2005. PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers interested in Python, a power...

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