While the Mars Lander appears to be dead, python.org came back to life within 48 hrs (creating, however, considerable disruption in the flow of it's mail lists). Mike Fletcher gives a summary of Python 3D projects: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=556166543 Norman Vine expands: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=556247544 In a thread on XML-RPC, Fredrik contributes pointers to info on SOAP (basically, an expansion of XML-RPC): http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=556542767 Interest in type safety has made a comeback after nearly a year's hiatus: David Jeske <jeske@egroups.net> gives us a pointer to his PyLint: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=557442122 http://www.chat.net/~jeske/Projects/PyLint/download/pylint-19991121.py And the Type-SIG has come back to life: http://www.python.org/sigs/types-sig/ vim users get loads of suggestions in the thread: http://www.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=555058129 A new feature on the Job's board page: http://www.python.org/Jobs.html lets you search certain job search websites for Python jobs. The origins of the tim-bot and eff-bot are exposed: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=238330113 http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=336718323 http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=358532977 Reminder of this year's conference: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/ ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------