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Python is similar to other languages like Ruby, Scheme, Tcl, Perl or Java.

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Here are some key features of "Python":

· Easy to understand syntax
· Perfect for OOP
· Modular
· Hierarchical packages
· Exception-based error handling
· Dynamic data types
· Embeddable
· Lots of bindings to other languages
· Runs everywhere
· Used in lots of modern day production environments
· Detailed documentation and tutorials

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· The new "faulthandler" module that helps diagnosing crashes
· The new "unittest.mock" module
· The new "ipaddress" module
· A "collections.ChainMap" class for linking mappings to a single unit
· Wrappers for many more POSIX functions in the "os" and "signal" modules, as well as other useful functions such as "sendfile()"
· Hash randomization, introduced in earlier bugfix releases, is now switched on by default