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AFNIC.fr uses Python...

... joining users such as Rackspace, Industrial Light
and Magic, AstraZeneca, Honeywell, and many
others.

What they are saying...

Firaxis Games:

"Like XML, scripting was extremely useful as both a mod tool and an internal
development tool. If you don't have any need to expose code and algorithms in a
simple and safe way to others, you can argue that providing a scripting language
is not worth the effort. However, if you do have that need, as we did, scripting
is a no brainer, and it makes complete sense to use a powerful, documented,
cross-platform standard such as Python." -- Mustafa Thamer of Firaxis Games,
talking about Civilization IV. Quoted on page 18 of the August 2005 Game Developer
Magazine.

more...

Using Python For...

Web
Programming

CGI, Zope, Django, TurboGears, XML

Databases

ODBC, MySQL

GUI
Development

wxPython, tkInter, PyGtk, PyQt

Scientific and
Numeric

Bioinformatics,
Physics

Education

pyBiblio, Software Carpentry Course

Networking

Sockets, Twisted

Software
Development

Buildbot, Trac, Roundup, IDEs

Game
Development

PyGame, PyKyra, 3D Rendering

more...

Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be
used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for
integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard
libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report
substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development
of higher quality, more maintainable code.

Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2, Amiga, Palm Handhelds,
and Nokia mobile phones. Python has also been ported to the Java and .NET
virtual machines.

Python is distributed under an OSI-approved open source license that makes it
free to use, even for commercial products.

The Python
Software Foundation (PSF) holds and protects the intellectual property
rights behind Python, underwrites the PyCon conference, and funds grants and other
projects in the Python community.

Read
more -or- try Python now

Python 2.6.2 final

Python 2.6.2 final is
now available.

Published: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:13 -0400

PyOhio: Call for Proposals

The PyOhio Call for
Proposals has been issued. PyOhio 2009 takes place July 25-26, 2009 at the
Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio. PyOhio
2009 will include scheduled talks, tutorials, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces,
and more.

Published: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:40 -0400

Python 2.6.2 candidate 1 released

The first release
candidate of Python 2.6.2 is now available.

Published: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:52 -0400

Python 3.1 alpha 2 released

The second alpha version of
Python 3.1 is now available.

Published: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:00 -0500

PyCon Italia schedule posted

The schedule for the upcoming PyCon
Italia, May 8-10 2009, is now available.

Published: Sat, 4 Apr 2009, 09:01 -0500

PSF Community Awards go to Mary Rush & Carl Karsten

The latest recipients of the Python Software
Foundation Community Awards are Mary Rush and Carl
Karsten, in recognition of their significant contributions to PyCon US
and the Python community. Congratulations and thanks!

Published: Thu, 2 Apr 2009, 23:20 -0500

Portable Python 1.1 Released

Portable
Python 1.1 is now available

Published: Thu, 2 Apr 2009, 08:30 -0500
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