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"Python, like many good technologies, soon spreads virally throughout your development team and finds its way into all sorts of applications and tools. In other words, Python begins to feel like a big hammer and coding tasks look like nails." -- Mustafa Thamer of Firaxis Games, talking about Civilization IV. Quoted on page 18 of the August 2005 Game Developer Magazine.
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Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.
Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines.
Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its OSI-approved open source license.
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Python 3.3.0 released
Python 3.3.0 has been released.
Third rc for Python 3.3.0 released
The third release candidate for Python 3.3.0 has been released for testing.
Python Software Foundation announces Distinguished Service Award
The Python Software Foundation announces the creation of the Distinguished Service Award, with the inagural honor given posthumously to John Hunter.
ConFoo conference in Canada, February 25th - March 13th
ConFoo is a multi technology conference dedicated to web development in Canada which takes place on February 27th - March 1st 2013. We're looking for Python talks and our call for papers is open.
Second rc for Python 3.3.0 released
The second release candidate for Python 3.3.0 has been released for testing.
First rc for Python 3.3.0 released
The first release candidate for Python 3.3.0 has been released for testing.
Fifth annual pyArkansas conference to be held
The fifth annual pyArkansas conference will be held on October 27, 2012 in Conway, Arkansas. See http://www.pyarkansas.org/ for more details.