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Python for Mac

Object-oriented programming language.

Free
In English
4.5
Based on 11 user rates

Python overview

Python is an extremely versatile, dynamic, interpreted, and general-purpose language. It is one of the most popular and in-demand languages today. Python supports multiple programming techniques, including procedural, object-oriented, and functional programming.

Features:
  • Python is an excellent option for beginner-level developers.
  • Python programming on Mac is easy. Since it is based on a high-level language, you don't need to remember the system architecture, nor to manage the memory.
  • Python for Mac is developer-friendly. It uses an elegant and simple syntax that is easy-to-code and easy-to-read.
  • You can enjoy smooth programming on your Macbook with a Python's interactive mode that allows you to easily test short snippets of code and interact with the interpreter directly to write your programs.
  • Python is a dynamically typed language. It means that you don't need to declare the type of variable because it is decided at run time, not in advance.

What’s new in version 3.13.2

  • gh-127592: Usage of the unified Apple System Log APIs was disabled when the minimum macOS version is earlier than 10.12.
Security
  • gh-105704: When using urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urllib.parse.urlparse() host parsing would not reject domain names containing square brackets ([ and ]). Square brackets are only valid for IPv6 and IPvFuture hosts according to RFC 3986 Section 3.2.2.
  • gh-127655: Fixed the asyncio.selector_events._SelectorSocketTransport transport not pausing writes for the protocol when the buffer reaches the high water mark when using asyncio.WriteTransport.writelines().
  • gh-126108: Fix a possible NULL pointer dereference in PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode().
  • gh-80222: Fix bug in the folding of quoted strings when flattening an email message using a modern email policy. Previously when a quoted string was folded so that it spanned more than one line, the surrounding quotes and internal escapes would be omitted. This could theoretically be used to spoof header lines using a carefully constructed quoted string if the resulting rendered email was transmitted or re-parsed.
  • gh-119511: Fix a potential denial of service in the imaplib module. When connecting to a malicious server, it could cause an arbitrary amount of memory to be allocated. On many systems this is harmless as unused virtual memory is only a mapping, but if this hit a virtual address size limit it could lead to a MemoryError or other process crash. On unusual systems or builds where all allocated memory is touched and backed by actual ram or storage it could’ve consumed resources doing so until similarly crashing.

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Python for Mac

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4.5

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umaromc
umaromc
Sep 30 2012
3.30
0.0
Sep 30 2012
0.0
Version: 3.30
Link is for 32/64-bit Intel Only, OS X 10.6+ 32-bit Intel/PPC Build, OS X 10.3-10.6 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.3.0/python-3.3.0-macosx10.5.dmg
Iliketrash
Iliketrash
Mar 20 2012
3.2.3rc2
0.0
Mar 20 2012
0.0
Version: 3.2.3rc2
>>> range(3,7) [3, 4, 5, 6] WTF? How stupid can a language get?
SickTeddyBear
SickTeddyBear
Feb 21 2011
3.2.0
0.0
Feb 21 2011
0.0
Version: 3.2.0
FYI, there are universal installers for Intel/PPC and 10.3->10.6: http://www.python.org/download/
Trashie
Trashie
Oct 24 2010
3.1.2
0.0
Oct 24 2010
0.0
Version: 3.1.2
Indentation thing is not a big deal - how else will the interpreter be able to work. For all the brace lovers maybe they should implement 2 modes I dunno...but once you get into it not having braces all over the place makes for some tidy reading code! I would take this as an overhead to have no braces any day of the week.
Millenniumx
Millenniumx
Apr 3 2006
2.4.3
0.0
Apr 3 2006
0.0
Version: 2.4.3
"One of the worst "features" of Python is that indentation is part of the syntax." So, do you indent your code in other languages? Of course you do; it's one of the first things any decent programmer learns to do. Given that, what's the problem? All it does is help keep the code readable.
iAziz
iAziz
Sep 6 2021
3.9.7
5.0
Sep 6 2021
5.0
Version: 3.9.7
Rob85
Rob85
Nov 16 2018
5.0
Nov 16 2018
5.0
Version: null
Cyzor
Cyzor
Jun 21 2014
5.0
Jun 21 2014
5.0
Version: null
Quiiick
Quiiick
Apr 25 2014
4.0
Apr 25 2014
4.0
Version: null
Ededed
Ededed
Apr 22 2014
2.5
Apr 22 2014
2.5
Version: null
Ingerj
Ingerj
Apr 1 2014
4.0
Apr 1 2014
4.0
Version: null
Talking28
Talking28
Jul 12 2011
4.5
Jul 12 2011
4.5
Version: null
Pneshati
Pneshati
Dec 17 2010
5.0
Dec 17 2010
5.0
Version: null
John-E
John-E
Dec 8 2010
4.0
Dec 8 2010
4.0
Version: null
cheeseinspector
cheeseinspector
Dec 8 2010
5.0
Dec 8 2010
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Apr 3 2005
5.0
Apr 3 2005
5.0
Version: null