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Python Success Stories Introduction Cog is a simple code generation tool written in Python. We use it or its results every day in the production of Kubi. Kubi is a collaboration system embodied in a handful of different products. We have a schema that describes the representation of customers' collaboration data: discussion topics, documents, calendar events, and so on. This data has to be handled in many ways: stored in a number of different data stores, shipped over the wire in an XML repr...
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This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.19, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content …
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This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.19, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content …
This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.14, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.10 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content …
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Here's the second 3.14 beta. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b2/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b2, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new …
2021 PSF Annual Report The Python Software Foundation 2021 Annual Report 2021 was a year of continued changes, challenges, and growth for the PSF. We said goodbye to our first Executive Director and welcomed four new team members in new roles. We celebrated our 20th anniversary and built on the successes of our first two decades to launch new areas of work that advance our mission and help us to even better serve our Python community. We’d love for you to take a look at the 2021 Annua...
2024 PSF Annual Impact Report The Python Software Foundation 2024 Annual Impact Report In 2024, the Python community and language continued to grow! The PSF celebrated a year of remarkable growth, with Python becoming the most popular language on GitHub and worldwide community engagement at an all-time high. We expanded our impact by welcoming our inaugural PyPI Support Specialist, Maria Ashna, the revival of the User Success and Education and Outreach Workgroups, and continued investme...
Python Success Stories Introduction TEMPEST, a.s. is one of leading system integrators in Slovakia and surrounding countries. TEMPEST has long-term experience in the area of IT service management (ITSM). ITSM is aimed at fulfilling strategic business objectives in order to allow flexible reaction to market demand, to connect the IT capabilities with the business needs, and to enable planning, management and measurement of the quality of IT services. Many large organizations have different tec...
Debugging Reference Count Problems Warning This page stays here for historical reasons and it may contain outdated or incorrect information. Debugging Reference Count Problems From: Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> To: python-list@cwi.nl Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:09:40 -0400 Mike Fletcher wrote a number of posts about debugging C code that bombs, probably because of reference count problems. His approach to debugging this problem seems typical, but I thin...
2022 PSF Annual Report The Python Software Foundation 2022 Annual Impact Report 2022 was a year of continued changes, challenges, and growth for the PSF. We welcomed Deb Nicholson as our new Executive Director, and we brought on other new team members and new roles. We joyfully gathered back together for the first PyCon US in-person since 2019. We created new membership options growing our pool of active and engaged members, and we gave out $215K in Grants in 2022, a 45% increase over 202...
2023 PSF Annual Impact Report The Python Software Foundation 2023 Annual Impact Report In 2023, we did MORE of a lot to contribute to the impact of our mission. We welcomed Seth Larson, Mike Fiedler, Marisa Comacho, and Marie Nordin, all fulfilling crucial roles in our support of the Python community. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of PyCon US in Salt Lake City, Utah. We were delighted to welcome seven new organizations into our Fiscal Sponsoree Program. And we are excited to share ...
Sunsetting Python 2 sunset python2 eol endoflife sunsetting We are volunteers who make and take care of the Python programming language. We have decided that January 1, 2020, was the day that we sunset Python 2. That means that we will not improve it anymore after that day, even if someone finds a security problem in it. You should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as you can. Why are you doing this? We needed to sunset Python 2 so we can help Python users by improving Python faster. We released Pyth...
Python Success Stories Introduction The Blind Audio Tactile Mapping System (BATS) seeks to provide access to maps for the blind and visually impaired. Our goal is to devise ways to present traditionally visual information to the user's other senses. The need for this project became clear when Jason Morris came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study Classics. Morris works at the Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC), a foundation to advance the field of ancient studies with ...
Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.) Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.) This is the foreword I wrote for Mark Lutz' book "Programming Python" (1st ed.), published by O'Reilly. See also my foreword to the 2nd edition. As Python's creator, I'd like to say a few words about its origins, adding a bit of personal philosophy. Over six years ago, in December 1989, I was looking for a "hobby" programming project that would keep me occupied during the we...
The Python type system SIG The Python type system SIG This list has been created for discussions on issues related to Python's type system. Recently, the types SIG has come under attack for inactivity, and in response Paul Prescod has offered to guide the SIG towards accomplishing a single specific goal: to develop an optional static typing system for Python. The December 1999 archives of the SIG show the discussion that lead to this decision. Resources The following resource...
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