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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Getting ready

As Python contains platform-specific code for a variety of operating systems, to minimize the amount of unneeded code, Python only supports Windows OSes as long as they are supported by Microsoft; this includes extended support, so anything that has reached end of life is not supported.

As such, Windows XP and older cannot install any Python version beyond 3.4. The Python documentation still states that Windows Vista and newer can install 3.6 and later versions, but Windows Vista reached end of life in 2017, so Python support on that OS will no longer continue. In addition, it is important to know what type of CPU your computer uses, that is, 32-bit or 64-bit. While 32-bit software will run on 64-bit systems, the reverse is ...

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