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First alpha of Python 2.3

Python 2.3a1 has been released:

What's new? The language isn't changing much this time. Instead, we
have lots of new or improved standard library modules: bsddb, bz2,
datetime, heapq, logging, optparse, ossaudiodev, random (Mersenne
Twister algorithm), sets, socket (added timeouts), textwrap, and
zipimport. That's right, you can now import modules from zip files.
More elaborate news is on the website:

http://www.python.org/2.3/highlights.html (brief)
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3a1/whatsnew/ (extensive)
http://www.python.org/2.3/NEWS.html (exhausting)

Ha, instead of exhaustive I wish I had the opportunity to use Python on a more regular basis -- it's a good language.

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