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Python 2.3 Final Released

Posted by timothy on from the new-snake-in-town dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nineteen months in the making, Python 2.3 has just been released. With a plethora of changes since version 2.2, this release is definately worth the upgrade. Be sure to read the Release Notes and the Highlights file for more information."

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  1. Platform Competition? by Chromodromic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Check out Artima if you want to see Bruce Eckel's take on the Python language which, incidentally, with the addition of things like a logging API, and with long-existing additions like Jython, is beginning to look more and more like a viable competitor to Java.

    Why?

    Python carries a LOT of the same advantages, but with a dramatically accelerated prototyping and general development speed, and a few tricks of its own. Plus, via Boost, it interoperates with C++, too. I'm an avid Perl hack, but I have to admit that Python, which even has a whole API for basic game programming is looking more and more attractive for quite a number of things.

    Download soon and often.

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