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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories First published in Linux Journal, May 2000. Copyright 2000 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction My first look at Python was an accident, and I didn't much like what I saw at the time. It was early 1997, and Mark Lutz's book Programming Python from O'Reilly & Associates had recently come out. O'Reilly books occasionally land on my doorstep, selected from among the new releases by some mysterious benefactor inside the organization u...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Feb. 7, 2002)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Feb. 7, 2002) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors Feb. 7, 2002 Alexandria, VA, USA A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held at Clyde's in Alexandria, VA. Guido van Rossum presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the Meeting: Jeremy Hylton, Martin von Loewis, ...

  • Python For Beginners

    Python For Beginners Welcome! Are you completely new to programming? If not then we presume you will be looking for information about why and how to get started with Python. Fortunately an experienced programmer in any programming language (whatever it may be) can pick up Python very quickly. It's also easy for beginners to use and learn, so jump in! Installing Installing Python is generally easy, and nowadays many Linux and UNIX distributions include a recent Python. Even some Windows comput...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4

    Bugs in Python 2.4 The Windows installer package required VBScripts. On systems which do not have VBScript available, installer will report an error 2738. On systems which have VBScript available, but in an insufficiently old version, installer will report an error 2262 (and log a DEBUG error 2896). In either case, please install Microsoft Windows Script from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp The format of the IDLE configuration files has changed between Python 2.3 and 2.4....

  • Member meeting at OSCON

    Member meeting at OSCON <p>There will be an extra PSF Member Meeting at the <a href="http://www.python.org/workshops/oscon2002"> O'Reilly Open Source Convention</A>, July 22-26 in San Diego. <p>We've reserved a room for the meeting: <br>Location: Marina II <br>Date: Wednesday, July 24 <br>Time: 8:00 - 10:00 pm <P>It is likely that only 8-10 PSF members will show up. This is not sufficient to make quoru...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Mar. 12, 2002)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Mar. 12, 2002) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 12th, 2002. Board meeting in session at: 18:07 GMT Present: Guido van Rossum (presiding) David Ascher Jeremy Hylton Marc-Andre Lemburg Martin von Loewis Tim Peters Thomas Wouters (minutes) No board members were absent. A quorum was present. Agenda: Meeting minutes of February 12th 2002 Progress reports: 50...

  • What's new in Python 1.5 and beyond

    What's new in Python 1.5 and beyond If you download the source release, there's a loooong list of changes since release 1.4 in the file Misc/NEWS. Below are some highlights. (Or go directly to the listings of what's new in 1.5b1, what's new in 1.5b2, and what's new in 1.5 (final).) For an essay on the (difficult!) subject of metaprogramming, see my essay Metaprogramming in Python 1.5. See also the description of some major new features in version 1.5: Built-in Package Support and Stand...

  • 2007-04-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2007-04-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 9, 2007 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:06 UTC, 9 April 2007. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Status of Pa...

  • 2019 PSF Annual Report

    2019 PSF Annual Report #wrapper { overflow: hidden; position: relative; } .resize-active * { transition: none; } h1, .h1 { line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 27px; } h2, .h2 { color: #3776ab; line-height: 26px; display: block; } p, blockquote, time, em { line-height: 28px; } time { font-style: italic; } p { margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify; } a { transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; text-decoration: none; } .section-head...

  • SIG for Standard Library Development

    SIG for Standard Library Development The Stdlib-SIG is for development, improvement, and maintenance of the Python standard library. Work is being done to break out the standard library and test suite as a separate package, available to developers of alternate Python implementations such as Jython and IronPython. Discussion takes place on the stdlib-sig mailing list.

  • Release – Python 3.10.0rc2

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    Released: Sept. 7, 2021

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.10 This release, 3.10.0rc2, is the last preview before the final release of Python 3.10.0 on 2021-10-04. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between release candidates and the final release. There …

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  • EDU-SIG: Python in Education

    EDU-SIG: Python in Education EDU-SIG: Python in Education More and more, Python is making inroads at all levels in education. Python offers an interactive environment in which to explore procedural, functional and object oriented approaches to problem solving. Its high level data structures and clear syntax make it an ideal first language, while the large number of existing libraries make it suitable to tackle almost any programming tasks. Edu-sig, through its mailing list, provides an infor...

  • Legal Statements

    Legal Statements Trademarks Python and PyCon are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Python Software Foundation. All other trademarks mentioned on this website are the property of their respective owners. Copyright Except where otherwise specified, the contents of this website are copyright © 1990-2014, Python Software Foundation, 9450 SW Gemini Dr., ECM# 90772, Beaverton, OR 97008, USA. All rights reserved. Licenses Python, its standard libraries, and Jython, are distributed under the...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (October 12, 2004)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (October 12, 2004) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors October 12, 2004 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 GMT. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Jeremy Hylton, Guido van Rossum, Stephan D...

  • Python Tabular Databases SIG: Status

    Python Tabular Databases SIG: Status Python Tabular Databases SIG: Status April 7, 1999: Revision 2.0 of the Database API specification has been issued as PEP 249. Version 1.0 of the spec is still available as PEP 248, and the topic guide lists modules that comply with it. With the 2.0 revision of the spec completed, possible future directions and discussions may focus on refinements of the specification and implementations for new databases. Object-oriented databases (OOD...

  • PSF Advocacy Initiative

    PSF Advocacy Initiative In 2006 and 2007, the PSF funded an Advocacy Coordinator to build an advocacy initiative for the Python community. See the advocacy coordinator wiki page for details. Documents found here: Initial proposal (first six months) Updated task list (second six months) Renewal contract (second six months)

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

    Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.) Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.) This is the foreword I wrote for Mark Lutz' book "Programming Python" (2nd ed.), published by O'Reilly in 2001. Less than five years ago, I wrote the foreword for the 1st edition of Programming Python. Since then, the book has changed about as much as the language and the Python community! I no longer feel the need to defend Python: the statistics and developments listed in Mark's ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Feb. 2002 Member Meeting

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Feb. 2002 Member Meeting <center> <H3>The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the Feb. 2002 Member Meeting </H3> </center> <p>The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its second annual meeting on Feb. 6, 2002 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Jeremy Hylton, secretary and treasurer, presided over the meeting. <p>The following members attended the meet...

  • 2011-01-24 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2011-01-24 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors January 24, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 24 January 2011. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" mea...

  • 2018 PSF Annual Report

    2018 PSF Annual Report #wrapper { overflow: hidden; position: relative; } .resize-active * { -webkit-transition: none; transition: none; } h1, .h1 { line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 27px; } h2, .h2 { color: #3776ab; line-height: 26px; display: block; } p, blockquote, time, em { line-height: 28px; } time { font-style: italic; } p { margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify; } a { -webkit-transition: color .3s ease-in-out; transiti...

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