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I also subclassed list and overloaded the subtract operator to duplicate this behavior, just to prove that python > *. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/75.69.35.85|75.69.35.85]] ([[User talk:75.69.35.85|talk]]) 11:46, 6 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Python have plenty syntax and semantics ==

Python's core is not so minimalistic. Try [[Forth]], [[Lua]], or [[Io]] to get a feel what should be considered as a minimalism in syntax and/or semantics. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:4th-otaku|4th-otaku]] ([[User talk:4th-otaku|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/4th-otaku|contribs]]) 18:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:True. I call Python [http://paddy3118.blogspot.com/2007/11/python-concise.html concise]. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 05:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

== Trying to find out about ActivePython ==

I've got ActivePython on my PC, and I'm trying to work out where it sits as an implementation. Nothing here, nothing at the ActivePython page, nothing particular at the ActiveState website. Is it just a re-compile of CPython? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/203.206.162.148|203.206.162.148]] ([[User talk:203.206.162.148|talk]]) 05:30, 25 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:ActivePython is a Windows port of CPython from activestate.com . It has a few extra goodies like Windows compiled help, some COM stuff etc. [[User:Peterl|peterl]] ([[User talk:Peterl|talk]]) 07:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

::Not just Windows: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivePython more]]. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 09:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

:::Yes, sorry, you are quite correct. For Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. [http://www.activestate.com/activepython/]. Also includes a useful IDE PythonWin [http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonWin] <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Peterl|Peterl]] ([[User talk:Peterl|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Peterl|contribs]]) 22:42, 25 May 2009</span><!-- Template:Unsigned2 -->