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Ubuntu prefers the community to contribute work in Python. We develop our own tools and scripts in Python and it's much easier for us to integrate your work if you use the same platform.
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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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2014 PyTennessee Conference CFP
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Python 3.4.0 alpha 3 has been released
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Python 3.4.0 alpha 1 has been released
The first alpha for Python 3.4, Python 3.4.0a1, has been released.