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- Python 2.7.8 July 2, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.7 June 1, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.4.1 May 19, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.4.0 March 17, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.5 March 9, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.4 Feb. 9, 2014 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.3 Nov. 17, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.6 Nov. 10, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.9 Oct. 29, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.5 May 15, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.2 May 15, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.5 May 12, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.1 April 6, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.4 April 6, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.4 April 6, 2013 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.3.0 Sept. 29, 2012 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.8 April 10, 2012 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.3 April 10, 2012 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.5 April 9, 2012 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.3 April 9, 2012 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.2 Sept. 3, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.1 July 9, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.2 June 11, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.4 June 11, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.7 June 3, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.6 May 26, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.2.0 Feb. 20, 2011 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.1 Nov. 27, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.3 Nov. 27, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.6 Aug. 24, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.7.0 July 3, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.2 March 20, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.5 March 18, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.5 Jan. 31, 2010 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.4 Oct. 26, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.3 Oct. 2, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.1 Aug. 17, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.1.0 June 26, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.2 April 14, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.0.1 Feb. 13, 2009 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.4 Dec. 23, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.6 Dec. 19, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.3 Dec. 19, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.1 Dec. 4, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 3.0.0 Dec. 3, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.6.0 Oct. 2, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.7 March 11, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.5 March 11, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.2 Feb. 21, 2008 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.1 April 19, 2007 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.6 Nov. 1, 2006 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.4 Oct. 18, 2006 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.5.0 Sept. 19, 2006 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.3 April 15, 2006 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.2 Sept. 27, 2005 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.1 March 30, 2005 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.5 Feb. 8, 2005 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.4.0 Nov. 30, 2004 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.4 May 27, 2004 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.3 Dec. 19, 2003 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.2 Oct. 3, 2003 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.1 Sept. 23, 2003 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.3.0 July 29, 2003 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.2.3 May 30, 2003 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.2.2 Oct. 14, 2002 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.2.1 April 10, 2002 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.1.3 April 9, 2002 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.2.0 Dec. 21, 2001 Download Release Notes
- Python 2.0.1 June 22, 2001 Download Release Notes
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Alternative Implementations
This site hosts the "traditional" implementation of Python (nicknamed CPython). A number of alternative implementations are available as well.
History
Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python’s principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.
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