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The May 12, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

It has been announced that the next Leipzig Python User Group meeting will be held on May 13, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Chigaco Python User Group meeting will be held on May 8, 2008.

IronPython 2.0 Beta 2 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: improved performance, improved traceback support, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that a PyPy sprint will be held in Berlin, Germany, from May 17 to 22, 2008. PyPy is a Python implementation written in Python.

The May 6, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

PyOhio has put out a call for presentations. It is a day-long regional mini-conference to be held on July 26, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.

It has been announced that the next Python User Group Berlin meeting will be held on May 7, 2008.

The April 28, 2008 edition of the Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

The April 21, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

EuroPython 2008 has put out a call for participation. "EuroPython is an annual volunteer-run conference for the communities around the Python programming language, including the Plone and Zope communities."

It will be held from July 7 to 12, 2008, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

It has been announced that the next London Python Meetup will be held on May 6, 2008.

The April 14, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

It has been announced that the next Toronto-Area Python User's Group meeting will be held on April 15, 2008.

The April 7, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent discussion and developments within the Python community.

This edition covers topics such as: the release of Python 2.6a2 and 3.0a4, adding methods to a single instance, incorrect usage of the try/finally construct, and more.

It has been announced that the next Leipzig Python User Group meeting will be held on April 8, 2008.

Spyke has been announced. It is a Python-to-C compiler.

The new tinypy website at tinypy.org has been announced. tinypy is a small implementation of a subset of Python.

Python 3.0a4 has been released. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language.

Python 2.6a2 has been released. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language.

This release includes: a backport of the bytearray type, support for octal literals starting with '0o', a backport of Python 3.0's io module, bug fixes, and other changes.