New version of IronPython 2.7 Alpha released

Following the upgrade of IronRuby , the implementation of the Python language for .NET - IronPython was updated. The new version of IronPython 2.7 Alpha adds preliminary support for CPython 2.7 and other changes:

• Added integration with Visual Studio (set of IronPython Tools for Visual Studio );
• CPython 2.7 documentation has been expanded with IronPython-related payloads;
• Added modules mmap and signal ;
• made a number of performance improvements and bug fixes;
• License changed from MSPL to Apache License, Version 2.0 ;
• The new version requires .NET 4.0 and Silverlight 4.0 .

You can download the installation package for the new version of IronPython 2.7 at this link .

Visit the project’s official website at http://www.ironpython.net/ .