Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Python 2.7 Windows 95

Python 2.7 Windows 95

Python officially dropped support for Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT 3.51/4.0 after version 2.6. So, MSFN user SuperKoko had backported Python 2.7.3 with Visual C++ 6.0. Now, enjoy the features of Python 2.7.3 on a Windows 95 machine. However, these builds are said to be "buggy," so use at your own risk!


Features:
**An ordered dictionary type
**New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and test discovery
**Improved io module
**Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method
**Float repr improvements backported from Python 3.x
**Tile support for Tkinter
**A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x
**Set literals
**Set and dictionary comprehensions
**Dictionary views
**New syntax for nested with statements
**The sysconfig module

Requirements:
Windows 95 or later

Notes:
**Use at your own risk! This build of Python are somewhat buggy due to being originally intended for Windows 2000 or later!

Components:
Python27_95.zip
**Includes Python versions 2.7.3 and 2.6.8. Python 2.7 lib by foyle is also included in a separate zip folder.

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