Short:    Python 1.3 language (bin+lib, rel. 4)
Author:   irmen@cs.vu.nl (Irmen de Jong)
Uploader: irmen@cs.vu.nl (Irmen de Jong)
Type:     dev/lang
Requires: 68020, Kickstart 2.04, 2Mb RAM, AmiTCP for network support
Replaces: dev/lang/Python13.lha



                           PYTHON 1.3 RELEASE 4

                       Release date: July 2, 1996.

	
           Conversion and Amiga specific code by Irmen de Jong.
              (Original code by Guido van Rossum and others)



* WHAT'S THIS?

This is the Python interpreter (version 1.3) for AmigaDOS.  If you don't
know what Python is and what it can do for you, visit the Python homepage
at <URL:http://www.python.org/>.


* WHAT'S IN THIS ARCHIVE?

    - Python1.3 binaries for 68020/IEEE math, and 68030/881 math.
    - Commodore Installer® installation script (in Dutch and English)
    - Some demo programs
    - Python library modules
    - Some documentation on Python and regular expressions
    - No source code.


* SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS	

    - At least 2 megabytes of memory.
    - Harddisk with at least 3 megabytes free space for comfortable
      operation. (Python is usable from floppies, for masochists :-)
    - Kickstart 2.04 or better.
    - 68020 CPU or better. (No FPU required for IEEE version)
    - For networking functions: AmiTCP (Version 4)
    - For user authorisation stuff: usergroup.library from AmiTCP or
      MultiUserFileSystem.


* CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS RELEASE (9-Apr-96)

  Fixed bugs:
    - rewrote env handling (os.environ etc) and environ module
    - now using correct pool library
    - removed debug message in os.link
    - removed memory leak bug in lstat
    - fixed os.curdir string
    - fixed import, now accepts paths like 'RAM:' in sys.path
    - fixed return value of chown function
    - fixed time.strftime arguments;
  better stack management;
  removed unneeded test files;
  the binaries are some 12Kb smaller than the previous version :-)

The following modules are built-in in this release:
    amiga, array, binascii, crypt, environment, grp, imp,
    marshal, math, md5, new, pwd, regex, rotor, select, socket,
    soundex, strop, struct, sys, syslog, time.


Check the README file in the archive for more information.  You can also
find more information on Python at my Python WWW page;
<URL:http://www.cs.vu.nl/~irmen/python.html>.


IMPORTANT:
Please let me know if you find an error, encounter problems, or have any
suggestions!  But, as I work on this in my spare time, don't expect
miracles...

SUGGESTION:
Unpack the archive to where you want the program to be.  The installation
will then be performed much quicker.


					Irmen de Jong

					irmen@cs.vu.nl


============================= Archive contents =============================

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