Guido van Rossum: PythonLabs Team Moves to Digital Creations http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=686714305 Randy Hudson nicely illustrate the event-listener pattern in the context of Jython as an extension language for Java http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=688152500 Moshe Zadka shows a portable locking mechanism http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=687180692 Thomas Wouters provides a pointer to another locking scheme http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=687318753 A.M. Kuchling reviews _Teach_Yourself_Python_in_24_Hours_ http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=687798879 Alex Martelli explains why slice indices work the way they do http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=688046177 and builds a primitive "use strict" before a live audience http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=687764895 then re-does it metaprogrammatically http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=687700793 ======================================================================== Everything 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 although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source", which is becoming increasingly true in 2000 http://www.pythonlabs.com/ PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python is truly determined http://www.kuchling.com/python/dev/ The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects 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/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ 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/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] 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 <claird@NeoSoft.com> Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html