1.4. Obtaining Python

As we alluded to earlier in Section 1.3.5, Python is available on a wide variety of platforms:

  • Unix (Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, HP/UX, SunOS, IRIX, et al.)

  • Win 9x/NT/2000 (Windows 32-bit systems)

  • Macintosh (PPC, 68K)

  • OS/2

  • DOS (multiple versions)

  • Windows 3.x

  • PalmOS

  • Windows CE

  • Acorn/RISC OS

  • BeOS

  • Amiga

  • VMS/OpenVMS

  • QNX

  • VxWorks

  • Psion

There are currently three contemporary versions of Python today. 1.5.2 is the most stable version, having been released over a year and a half ago. Python 1.6, recently made available to the public in early September 2000 introduces several major new features and improvements over the 1.5 series. However, 1.6 is seen as more of a transition to the new Python 2.0, which was released in mid-October 2000. Which ...

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