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 Most of our style follows PEP8 with some local modifications to make things less nit-picky. 
 
-* We target Python 3.6 for compatability with all supported platforms.
+* We target Python 3.7 for compatability with all supported platforms.
 * We indent using four (4) spaces (soft tabs)
 * We encourage liberal use of comments
   * Think of them as a story describing the feature