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.
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.
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Google, who already support Python in their web apps with their Python Client Library, has added coverage of Python to the examples and explanations in the Google Calendar Developers Guide. Instructional materials for their other REST-based APIs will be forthcoming.
Published: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:47 -0400
Nigerian youngsters got their hands on the first of millions of 'XO' laptops, heavily based on Python under Linux. Part of the One Laptop per Child project, you can watch a screencast of the GUI and get involved in the Python side of the project.
Published: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:47 -0400
The May/June 2007 issue of Computing in Science and Engineering, a joint publication of IEEE and the American Institute for Physics, is devoted to Python. Some of the articles, covering everything from IPython, matplotlib and NumPy to robots, the stars and education, are available for free download.
Published: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:47 -0400
The 6th annual SciPy Conference will be at Caltech again this year. Some dates: Abstracts due June 29, Early registration ends July 15, Tutorials August 14-15, Conference August 16-17, Sprints August 18.
Published: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:47 -0400
Python 2.5.1 (FINAL) is now available. This is a bugfix release of Python 2.5.
Published: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:17 +1000
PyCon Italy, the first Italian Python conference, will be held in Florence June 9-10, 2007. The deadline for abstracts for papers and tutorials is April 30, 2007.
Published: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:03 -0400
The Call for Proposals has been posted; the deadline for applying is Friday May 18th.
Published: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:25 -0400
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