[Python-Dev] MacPython 2.1 released (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen jack@oratrix.nl
Tue, 1 May 2001 23:23:59 +0200 (MET DST)

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MacPython 2.1 is available for download. Get it via http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html .

Python is a high-level programming language that is suitable for simple scripting tasks as well as writing large applications. MacPython offers alot of Mac-specific extensions, including access to all major MacOS Toolbox modules (QuickDraw, QuickTime, AppleScript and many more), an Integrated Development Environment (in Python!), frameworks for windowing applications, unix-compatible cgi-scripting, image-manipulation libraries, numerical libraries, tk-based machine independent windowing and lots more. It also uniquely among Pythons allows you to create fully selfcontained (and, hence, distributable) applications without needing a C compiler or anything.

New in this version:

• A choice of Carbon or Classic runtime, so runs on anything between MacOS 8.1 and MacOS X
• Distutils support for easy installation of extension packages
• BBedit language plugin
• All the platform-independent Python 2.1 mods
• New version of Numeric
• Lots of bug fixes
• Choice of normal and active installer

Please send feedback on this release to pythonmac-sig@python.org, where all the MacPythoneers hang out.

Enjoy,

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