QOTW: "[T]he essence of software development is code/task factorization." Hung Jung Lu "[U]se the best tool for the job, and don't use any that preclude you from using others at the same time as well." Roger Binns "SciPy 2004 ... was a great success." http://groups.google.com/groups?th=cf4d033c9ca22c42 Notice, by the way, the new availability of *Python Scripting for Computational Science*. http://www.amk.ca/diary/archives/cat_python.html#003329 "In recent months several posters on comp.lang.python have suggested that Python would benefit from making it possible for people to comment on the documentation, an approach similar to the PHP docs." Andrew Kuchling didn't join the speculation on the desirability of such a hypothetical; rather, In his award-winning manner, he created it. Notice that discussion now focuses on optimization. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=4e553e0347dd115c Magnus Lie Hetland launches a Wiki just to "chisel ... out a possible standard API ... for graphs in Python." Notice that, by the end of the thread, the Wiki is *not* temporary. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=93df0776394aa6f0 In a single thread, Alex Martelli both: enlists the tokenize module to introduce examples of the advantages of the new iterator protocol; and illustrates ways to leverage tokenize() to handle tokens unknown to base Python. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=b9914fda3566bbd0 Bryan Olson argues that David Mertz's "weightless threads" are weak--weaker, at least, than true co-routines. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=ca4b3ec6501d42aa Is there a problem greenlets solve? Did Churchill and Fermi share a speechwriter? http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=696336311fa0f429 http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=c802f304c8eafcc3 Alex Martelli makes the case that you, too, can readily learn enough to be a time wizard. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=135ee8f8e6a362f5 ======================================================================== 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. 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 Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson 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[s] 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 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. editor@pythonjournal.com and editor@pythonjournal.cognizor.com welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work. *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%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.pytho... 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