Python 是一种面向对象、直译式计算机程序设计语言，也是一种功能强大而完善的通用型语言，已经具有十多年的发展历史，成熟且稳定。这种语言具有非常简捷而清晰的语法特点，适合完成各种高级任务，几乎可以在所有的操作系统中运行。
Python 3.2 beta 2版本发布。该版本的改进内容：
numerous improvements to the unittest module
PEP 3147, support for .pyc repository directories
PEP 3149, support for version tagged dynamic libraries
PEP 3148, a new futures library for concurrent programming
PEP 384, a stable ABI for extension modules
PEP 391, dictionary-based logging configuration
an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention
an extended email package that handles bytes messages
a much improved ssl module
a sysconfig module to access configuration information
additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support
many enhancements to configparser, among them mapping protocol support
improvements to pdb, the Python debugger
countless fixes regarding bytes/string issues; among them full support for a bytes environment (filenames, environment variables)
many consistency and behavior fixes for numeric operations
目前支持以下格式的下载：
Bzipped source tar ball (3.2b2) (sig), ——11MB
XZ compressed source tar ball (3.2b2) (sig), ——8.5MB