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* nixpkgs manual, doc Python: render interpreters in a table

The current paragraph presenting Python interpreters is verbose and hinders clarity. The information provided is well suited to be rendered as a table.

Co-authored-by: Shahar "Dawn" Or <mightyiampresence@gmail.com>

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### Interpreters {#interpreters}
Versions 2.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11 of the CPython interpreter are available
as respectively `python27`, `python38`, `python39`, `python310` and `python311`.
The aliases `python2` and `python3` correspond to respectively `python27` and
`python310`. The attribute `python` maps to `python2`. The PyPy interpreters
compatible with Python 2.7 and 3 are available as `pypy27` and `pypy3`, with
aliases `pypy2` mapping to `pypy27` and `pypy` mapping to `pypy2`. The Nix
expressions for the interpreters can be found in
| Package | Aliases | Interpreter |
|------------|-----------------|-------------|
| python27 | python2, python | CPython 2.7 |
| python38 | | CPython 3.8 |
| python39 | | CPython 3.9 |
| python310 | python3 | CPython 3.10 |
| python311 | | CPython 3.11 |
| python312 | | CPython 3.12 |
| pypy27 | pypy2, pypy | PyPy2.7 |
| pypy39 | pypy3 | PyPy 3.9 |
The Nix expressions for the interpreters can be found in
`pkgs/development/interpreters/python`.
All packages depending on any Python interpreter get appended