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<h1>Macintosh Library Modules
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<p><b><font size=
"+2">Guido van Rossum
</font></b></p>
<strong>Python Software Foundation
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Email:
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<p><i> Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor
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<p><strong>Release
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
"getting-OSX.html">1.1 Getting and Installing MacPython
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<LI><A href=
"node5.html">1.1.1 How to run a Python script
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<LI><A href=
"osx-gui-scripts.html">1.1.2 Running scripts with a GUI
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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"module">macpath
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MacOS path manipulation functions
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Various file system services
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Access to Internet Config
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"module">MacOS
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Access to Mac OS interpreter features
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"module">macostools
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Convenience routines for file manipulation
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The
<b class=
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"module">autoGIL
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Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops
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Generate OSA stub packages
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"module">aetools
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<LI><A href=
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"module">aepack
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Open Scripting Architecture server support
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Color selection dialog
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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<LI><A href=
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.1 History of the software
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<LI><A href=
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.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python
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<LI><A href=
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.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software
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<LI><A href=
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.3.1 Mersenne Twister
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.3.2 Sockets
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.3.3 Floating point exception control
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.3.4 MD5 message digest algorithm
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.3.5 Asynchronous socket services
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.3.6 Cookie management
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.3.7 Profiling
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.3.8 Execution tracing
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.3.9 UUencode and UUdecode functions
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.3.10 XML Remote Procedure Calls
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