Project info for Python

Share This Created 29 Mar 2000 at 01:01 UTC by mnot, last modified 15 Jun 2002 at 02:58 UTC by bdodson.

Homepage: http://www.python.org/

Freshmeat page: http://freshmeat.net/projects/python/

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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java.

Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC). New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface.

The Python implementation is portable: it runs on many brands of UNIX, on Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac, Amiga, RISC OS, VMS... If your favorite system isn't listed here, it may still be supported, if there's a C compiler for it. Ask around on comp.lang.python -- or just try compiling Python yourself.

Python is copyrighted but freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use.

License: BSD type

This project has the following developers:

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