python/cpython
The Python programming language
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- This is Python version 3.16.0 alpha 1+dev
- General Information
- Contributing to CPython
- Using Python
- Build Instructions
- What's New
- Documentation
- Testing
- Installing multiple versions
- Release Schedule
- Copyright and License Information
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The Python programming language
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- python
- Primary language
- Python
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- 77,752
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- 37,737
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- License
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- 2017-02-10T19:23:51.000Z
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- 2026-10-31T18:13:34.000Z
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