Date:  Wed, 21 May 2008 11:53:45 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: Python port updated to v2.5.2

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From: Mark Dodel <feedbackDESPAM at DESPAMos2voice.org>

http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has updated his port of Python for OS/2 & eComStation to 2.5.2

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.

OS/2 port information:

Thanks to Andy Macintyre for previous EMX ports of Python, and to Knut for 
adding support for building Python via configure.

This port has only had light testing - but works with BitTorrent here.

It is suggested to add something like the following to config.sys to help 
Python find it's files:
SET PYTHONHOME=e:/python25
SET 
PYTHONPATH=e:/python25/Lib;e:/python25/Lib/plat-os2knix;e:/python25/Lib/lib-dynload;e:/python25/Lib/site-packages

Download links:

Python v2.5.2 - updated 20080429 - 
http://download.smedley.info/python-2.5.2-os2-20080429.zip

needs libc063.dll ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip


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