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Python

https://www.python.org/
High-level programming and scripting language

Python is an high-level programming and scripting language.

Some of its key distinguishing features include: clear, readable syntax; strong introspection capabilities; intuitive object orientation; natural expression of procedural code; full modularity, supporting hierarchical packages; exception-based error handling; and very high-level dynamic data types.

Documentation

https://docs.python.org/ https://devguide.python.org/

Download

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/Python-3.12.4.tgz

VCS Checkout

git clone https://github.com/python/cpython

Categories

• Business:calculating
• Interface:command-line
• Interface:console
• Interface:text
• Programming-language:python
• Programming-language:C
• Runs-on:Windows
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:OS X
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Software-development:programming-language
• Software-development:compiler
• Software-development:debugging
• Use:software-development

Licensing

License

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Notes

License

Python-2.1.1

Verified by

GNUtoo, craigt

Verified on

28 June 2024

Notes

The README ( https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/4243df51fe43/README ) has the copyright while the license in in LICENSE (https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/4a534c45bbf6/LICENSE).

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Guido van Rossum	Original author

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Developer	Mailing List Subscribe	http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev/
Ruby (Ref)		https://rubygems.org/gems/python
User, developer	Bug Tracking	https://bugs.python.org/
Developer	Homepage	https://www.python.org/dev/peps/
Developer	VCS Repository Webview	https://hg.python.org/cpython/
Debian (Ref)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python
General	Mailing List Subscribe	https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python (Ref)		https://pypi.org/project/Python
General	Newsgroup	news://comp.lang.python
Developer	E-mail	mailto:python-dev@python.org

Software prerequisites

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