Python v2.5.1 port released

December 22, 2007 by Paul Smedley

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From: Paul Smedley

Hi All,

I've just added a port of Python v2.5.1 to my site at
http://os2ports.smedley.info

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.

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

If you like this software and want to support continued ports, please consider donating via PayPal via the link at http://smedley.info/os2ports,
or via the Mensys online store at http://www.mensys.net/os2ports

General feedback can be provided to paul@smedley.info, bug reports should go to http://mantis.smedley.info

Cheers,

Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
22nd December, 2007