Python

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Python is a general-purpose very-high-level programming language.

IBM i implementation

There are currently two implementations for IBM i:

• Native port of Python 2.7 by Per Gummedal, called iSeriesPython, for V5R3 and later
• PASE port of Python 3.4 by IBM, as Option 2 of 5733-OPS (Open Source for IBM i Product) for 7.1 and later

Another is expected in the near future:

• PASE port of Python 2.7 by IBM, as Option 4 of 5733-OPS (Open Source for IBM i Product) for 7.1 and later

Hello world

Python 2

print "Hello world"

Python 3

print("Hello world")

External links

• http://www.iseriespython.com
• "An Introduction to Python on IBM i, Part 1" by Garry Taylor, in The Four Hundred Guru, Volume 10, Number 25 -- August 25, 2010
• http://iseriespython.blogspot.ca
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/Python
• https://www.gateway400.org/documents/Gateway400/Handouts/GetStartedWithPythonOnIBMi2016.pdf

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