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  • Python 2.4.1 license

    Python 2.4.1 license Python 2.4.1 license This is the official license for the Python 2.4 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for National Research Initiativ...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: April 28, 2020

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a6 is the last out of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 8, 2001)

    ...Python's intellectual property -- the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), BeOpen, and Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) -- to arrange transfer of ownership or licensing to the Foundation. He should also formally complete the transfers of IP from Digital Creations for recent Python development and Mark Hammond for Pythonwin. 9. Tax-exempt status The Board discussed the requirements of operating a non-profit corporation and questions about seeking recognition as ...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...Python] http://www.python.org/jpython/ [Logo] http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/logo-foundation/ [LogoMation] http://www.magicsquare.com/LM2/ [Lutz] Mark Lutz. Programming Python. O'Reilly, 1996. [OpenSource] http://www.opensource.org/ [Python] http://www.python.org/ [TeachScheme] http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/Teaching/ [Watters] Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, Jim Ahlstrom. Internet Programming with Python. MIS Press/Henry Holt, 1996.

  • Python 2.0 License

    ...Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the software. Python 1.6 was the last of the versions released by CNRI. In 2000, Guido and the Python core developement team moved to BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team (www.pythonlabs.com). Python 2.0 is the first release from PythonLabs. Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Gui...

  • Release – Python 3.11.0b3

    Version: None

    Released: June 1, 2022

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.11 Python 3.11 is still in development. 3.11.0b3 is the third of five planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects to support …

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python Business Forum, an international non-profit trade association for businesses which develop in Python. Alex Martelli has a Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering and a quarter century of professional experience in SW development -- as Systems Analyst for IBM Research, Senior Software Consultant for think3 Inc, Senior System Developer for AB Strakt, and now as Uber Technical Lead for Google Inc. Alex is a co-editor of the "Python Cookbook", and the author of "Python in a Nut...

  • Documentation Special Interest Group

    Documentation Special Interest Group Documentation SIG Status This page is completely out of date. Follow the Doc-SIG mailing list for information on current activities. Emerging Products The Doc SIG members have produced some tools: Doug Hellmann has created HappyDoc, a tool for extracting documentation from Python source code. It differs from other such applications by the fact that it uses the parse tree for a module to...

  • Python 2.1 Press Release

    ...PythonLabs Releases Python 2.1</h1></center> <p>FALLS CHURCH VA (April 17, 2001) - PythonLabs and the Python Software Foundation today announced the final release of Python 2.1, a new version of the popular object-oriented programming language. Python 2.1 is the first release under the auspices of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). <p>"After months of work and many pre-releases, closely coordinated with the Python developer community, Python 2.1 is ready for the w...

  • Python 2.1 Press Release

    ...PythonLabs Releases Python 2.1</h1></center> <p>FALLS CHURCH VA (April 17, 2001) - PythonLabs and the Python Software Foundation today announced the final release of Python 2.1, a new version of the popular object-oriented programming language. Python 2.1 is the first release under the auspices of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). <p>"After months of work and many pre-releases, closely coordinated with the Python developer community, Python 2.1 is ready for the w...

  • Python 2.1 Press Release

    ...PythonLabs Releases Python 2.1</h1></center> <p>FALLS CHURCH VA (April 17, 2001) - PythonLabs and the Python Software Foundation today announced the final release of Python 2.1, a new version of the popular object-oriented programming language. Python 2.1 is the first release under the auspices of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). <p>"After months of work and many pre-releases, closely coordinated with the Python developer community, Python 2.1 is ready for the w...

  • Release – Python 3.11.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: May 31, 2022

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.11 Python 3.11 is still in development. 3.11.0b2 is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects to support …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.8rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 16, 2021

    This is the release candidate of the eight maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.8rc1, 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

    ...Python in an earlier class and was impressed with the power and ease of use it provided. The fact that the other four members had no experience with the language fortunately did not stop us from making the wise decision to use Python. Very early in the development we required a simple program to test how the touch pad interacts with the operating system. This proved incredibly easy with wxPython, a Python wrapper for the powerful wxWindows GUI toolkit. Setting up a frame to take full control of ...

  • PSF Developers in Residence

    ...Python ecosystem they want to fill with a focused DiR, we are open to additional support for the program. We welcome you to reach out to the sponsors@python.org with inquiries or questions. Łukasz Langa Over the years as the PSF's CPython Developer in Residence, Łukasz Langa has played a key role in shaping the future of Python. He’s worked on everything from improving the user experience—like helping introduce a more modern, user-friendly Python shell—to keeping releases on track and stable. A...

  • Release – Python 3.8.8

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 19, 2021

    This is the eight maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.8, 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. 3.8.8 introduces two security …

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  • Python Internationalization-SIG

    ...Python. Hewlett Packard HP are members of the Python consortium and pushed initially for the Unicode work for Python to assist with their global eSpeak program. Christian Wittern Christian is a sinologist based in Taiwan and can assist with Chinese-related issues. Resources and Links Thanks to Peter Funk for kicking off this list: Martin von Loewis' "Internationalizing Python" paper, given at the 6th International Python Conference, 1997, is a great place to g...

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

    Python Software Foundation: Treasurer's Report (December 2003) The Python Software Foundation Treasurer's Report December 2003 Outstanding Issues Need to update address & fax number on all PSF forms All Directors and Officers should verify their address is correct in the PSF CVS repository: psf/bod-addresses.txt This information is required for our yearly corporate filings. Vote on BizRate.com becoming pending sponsor as of Jan 1 (or Oct 1) Vote on...

  • Quotes about Python

    ...Python is a critical ingredient in this high performance system. IronPort's suite of products contains over a million lines of Python. The PSF is an invaluable resource that helps keep Python on the cutting edge." EVE Online "Python enabled us to create EVE Online, a massive multiplayer game, in record time. The EVE Online server cluster runs over 50,000 simultaneous players in a shared space simulation, most of which is created in Python. The flexibilities of Python have enabled us ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python's syntax was much cleaner and because I had heard that large Tcl programs could be hard to maintain. Java had the disadvantage of requiring compilation with each change in the code, and the ability to run code in any recent browser was of no use for this project. Java's verbose syntax as compared to Python was also a point against it. Python was just as portable as Java and a much easier to learn and use language. I'd also read the Python tutorial, seen various Python programs and liked t...

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