python24: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java.
Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax.
It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing.
There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC).
New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++.
Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface.
The Python implementation is portable: it runs on many brands of UNIX, on Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac, Amiga...

Name:	python24
Release:	2.4.4-5mamba
Group:	Applications/Development
Maintainer:	silvan
License:	GPL
Size:	7.80 MB
Upstream URL:	http://www.python.org
Build time:	2009-12-08 16:19:49

Binary packages and requirements

	i586
Built RPMS	libpython24 libpython24-devel python24 python24-tk
Build requirements	glibc-devel[>=0:2.3.5] [1] libX11-devel [1] libbluez-devel[>=0:2.21] [1] libbzip2-devel [1] libgcc [1] libncurses-devel[>=0:5.4] [1] libopenssl-devel [1] libreadline-devel [1] libstdc++6-devel [1] libtcl85-devel (unresolved) libtk[>=0:8.4.11] [1] libtk85-devel (unresolved) libz-devel [1] tetex[>=0:3.0] [1] [2]

History of changes

Date	Packager	Release	Description
2009-12-08	silvan	2.4.4-5mamba	- rebuild binaries with version suffix to avoid conflict with python 2.6
2009-01-25	silvan	2.4.4-4mamba	- remove provide for /usr/bin/python