AmigaPython 2.3.3 alpha 2 released

[pythonman]

Tim Ocock has released another alpha build of his version 2.3.3 update of Irmen de Jong's AmigaPython here:




http://www.monkeyhouse.eclipse.co.uk/amiga/python/

Python is an open source interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. Its high-level built in data structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it very attractive for rapid application development, as well as for use as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components together. Python's simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes readability and therefore reduces the cost of program maintenance.

New in alpha release 2
-XML (pyexpat) support working
-bzip2 and zlib (zip) support
-socket module for Internet access works
-Uses ieee math libraries instead of FPU only ones
-More complete amiga and amigapath modules, fixing st_size bug amongst others

[bhoggett]

First of all, the tabbed spaces in the source code on the AmigaPython page disappear in Mozilla Firefox (and my guess is in other browsers too). This makes the code invalid as Python makes use of tabs in the same way C makes use of curly brackets. It would also be a good idea to use syntax coloured source code to make it easier to read.

The second point is more important, in that it would be good if more Amiga developers helped Tim with the project, because in order to make full use of Python the various extension modules will also need to be ported. This would help the Amiga platform in general, making a lot of software easier to port and expanding the Amiga software base.

Third... who's going to do the PyMUI wrapper?  :-D

[NinjaCyborg]

Hi

I just wanted to say, that was me that did that. Sadly life got in the way of further updates at the time. And I no longer have access to that web server which was tied to my old ISP. I'm surprised they've never taken the site down. I long since sold all my Amiga stuff. I also got stuck in a rabbit hole of trying to update the underlying C / POSIX libraries to make it easier to build Python without modification, and I was disheartened when the Frieden's released their OS4 version based on the same code but without ever contacting me or answering my emails requesting that they share their 68k C library with me so we could have one single codeline that worked on both platforms.