Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jun 29)

[Simon Brunning]

QOTW: "And what defines a 'python activist' anyway? Blowing up Perl
installations worldwide?" - Ivan Van Laningham

"Floating point is about nothing if not being usefully wrong." - Robert Kern


Sibylle Koczian needs to sort part of a list. His first attempt made
the natural mistake - sorting a *copy* of part of the list:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/9b7da3bed2719f18

Kevin Dangoor compares ZODB and pysqlite with SQLObject:
http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/06/18/zodb-vs-pysqlite-with-sqlobject/

Uwe Mayer needs a little convincing about "consenting adults" philosophy:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d4d8738a6e8281ff

Zope 2.8.0 is released:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.announce/987

Guido's ITC audio interview sparks off a discussion about the
advantages of static typing in terms of tool support:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d5aee06316a0412b

Only c.l.py can go *this* far off topic without flames:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1be27ccd50534e1b

Is there any good stuff left that Python should steal from other
languages?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d297170cfbf1bb34

Peter Gengtsson reminds himself and us how useful the \b regular
expression special element is:
http://www.peterbe.com/plog/slash_b

Are there any 3rd party modules that you'd like to see included in
the standard library?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/cd236084973530dc

Is Python a good language for teaching children to program?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/68a3ac09b4937c88


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Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:

Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
center of Pythonia
http://www.python.org
Notice especially the master FAQ
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
marvelous daily python url
http://www.pythonware.com/daily
Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html
While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
their results.

For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should
absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index
much of the universe of Pybloggers.
http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/PythonProgrammersWeblog
http://www.planetpython.org/
http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html

comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

Steve Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer continue the marvelous
tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson and Brett
Cannon of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing
list once every other week.
http://www.python.org/dev/summary/

The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
http://www.python.org/pypi/

The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
to all sorts of Python resources.
http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/

Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
mailing lists
http://www.python.org/sigs/

The Python Business Forum "further the interests of companies
that base their business on ... Python."
http://www.python-in-business.org

Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
http://www.pythonology.com/success

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official
responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
http://www.python.org/psf/
Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html

Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches.
http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly python patch

Cetus collects Python hyperlinks.
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

Python FAQTS
http://python.faqts.com/

The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
interesting recipes.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python

Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
http://python.de/backend.php
For more, see
http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html

The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
(e-mail address removed) and (e-mail address removed)
welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
http://del.icio.us/tag/python

*Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
http://www.pyzine.com

Archive probing tricks of the trade:
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site=groups&group=comp.lang.python.*

Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
http://www.ddj.com/topics/pythonurl/ (requires subscription)
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http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant)
or
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python


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[Peter Maas]

Sibylle Koczian needs to sort part of a list. His first attempt made
the natural mistake - sorting a *copy* of part of the list:

I think it was _her_ first attempt.

 

[Simon Brunning]

I think it was _her_ first attempt.

Ooops! Sorry, Sibylle.

 

[John Machin]

Ooops! Sorry, Sibylle.

Obviously haven't spent enough time watching Fawlty Towers

 

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

[Peter][Simon]

Ooops! Sorry, Sibylle.

[John]
Obviously haven't spent enough time watching Fawlty Towers

Then surely it should have been "its" first attempt? Aren't piranhas
neutral?

 

[John Machin]

Simon Brunning schrieb:


Sibylle Koczian needs to sort part of a list. His first attempt made
the natural mistake - sorting a *copy* of part of the list:

[Peter]

I think it was _her_ first attempt.

[Simon]

Ooops! Sorry, Sibylle.

[John]

Obviously haven't spent enough time watching Fawlty Towers

Then surely it should have been "its" first attempt? Aren't piranhas
neutral?

Neutral: no, they always seem to be active combatants.
Neuter: one would hope so, lest they procreate.

 

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

Neutral: no, they always seem to be active combatants.
Neuter: one would hope so, lest they procreate.

Thanks for the correction. The first line of my sig is not completely
humourous, I believe you noticed