Python for S60

The Python for S60 also called PyS60 (Unix name), was Nokia's port of the general Python programming language to its S60 software platform, originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.[1] The latest final version, PyS60-2.0.0, released on 11 February 2010 updated the python core to version 2.5.4.[2]

Python for S60
Paradigmmulti-paradigm: object-oriented, imperative, functional
Designed byGuido van Rossum
DeveloperPython Software Foundation
First appeared2006 (2006)
Stable release
2.0.0 / 11 February 2010 (2010-02-11)
Implementation languageC++, Python
OSSymbian OS, S60 platform
LicenseApache license, Python Software Foundation License
Websitegarage.maemo.org/projects/pys60/

Release history
Python Shell on Nokia 6120 Classic

First released in 2005, PyS60 featured a relatively small set of modules and functions. Version 1.2, the last non-opensource release and the second version of PyS60, brought many improvements and was made available on 21 October 2005 on Forum Nokia.

After becoming open source, PyS60 had the advantage of a strong and dedicated community that could actively contribute to improving it. The milestone release was Version 1.3.11.

The final version to support[3] S60 2nd Edition platform, 1.4.5, was released on 3 December 2008. On 24 December 2008, a developer version, 1.9.0, was released. It featured several improvements, the main of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1. The latest final version, 2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. Its core is based on Python 2.5.4.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Nokia - Nokia to Release Python for S60 Source Code to Open-Source Software Developer Community". Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  2. "Download:Ensymble v0.29 - Now a distutils package". 17 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. Python for S60 version history Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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