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> On 01 Nov 2015, at 16:43, rurpy--- via Python-list =
<python-list@python.org> wrote:
>=20
> Why, oh why, do the python.org front page and other pages that offer
> a Windows download not say a word about it not running on Windows XP?

I'm also curious why Python 3.5 won't run on Windows XP. Which features =
does it use that require Windows 7 or higher? Or is the decision to not =
support Windows XP based on Microsoft ending the product support =
lifecycle for XP?

Greetings,