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'''Python for S60''', also called '''PyS60'''—a term reminiscent of the [[Unix]] naming convention— was [[Nokia]]'s port of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language to its [[S60 (software platform)|S60 software platform]], originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |title=Nokia - Nokia to Release Python for S60 Source Code to Open-Source Software Developer Community |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518052247/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |archive-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The final version, PyS60-2.0.0, released on 11 February 2010 updated the Python core to version 2.5.4.<ref name="google1">{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/ensymble/downloads/detail?name=ensymble-0.29.tar.gz |title=Download:Ensymble v0.29 - Now a distutils package |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>

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First released in 2005, PyS60 featured a relatively small set of modules and functions. Version 1.2, the last closed source 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 actively contributescontributed in improving it. The milestone release was version 1.3.11.

The final version that supported the [[S60 (software platform)#S60 editions|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 mainmost noteable of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1.

The final version, 2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. Its core is based on Python 2.5.4.<ref name="google1" />