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 This is Python version 3.7.0 alpha 1
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-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
-2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
+Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
 reserved.
 
 Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the