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From the hacks & ports category:

* Will Ware dove into the Python core to allow microthreads (threads of operation which work in a single system thread). This is similar in spirit to some of work done by Christian Tismer for his "Stackless Python", and there are rumors that the former will be adapted to the latter. http://world.std.com/~wware/uthread.html http://www.pns.cc/stackless/stackless.htm http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=507505476 * Python is routinely ported to embedded systems. A Finnish group is making their port public, and soliciting feedback on this work: http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/ * Greg Ewing puts forth a patch to add lexical scoping to Python. http://x36.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=510811241 http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/lexscope.html * Max Skaller apparently has a new implementation of Python in the works with speed in mind: http://x42.deja.com/[ST_rn=md]/viewthread.xp?thitnum=3&mhitnum=0&toffset=0&CONTEXT=934822861.1754792007&frpage=threadmsg_md.xp&back=comp.lang.python&new=0&rok=1

From the gotta-have-a-usenet-discussion-every-now-and-then-discussion:

* for + else = ??? http://www.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=505752853 * YAPPW (Yet Another Perl Python War) starts at: http://x42.deja.com/[ST_rn=md]/threadmsg_md.xp?thitnum=1&mhitnum=1&CONTEXT=934822861.1754792007 http://x42.deja.com/[ST_rn=md]/viewthread.xp?thitnum=0&mhitnum=0&toffset=0&CONTEXT=934822861.1754792007&frpage=threadmsg_md.xp&back=comp.lang.python&new=0&rok=1 * A new keyword is almost proposed, from of all people Tom Christiansen: http://x42.deja.com/[ST_rn=md]/viewthread.xp?thitnum=24&mhitnum=0&toffset=0&CONTEXT=934822861.1754792007&frpage=threadmsg_md.xp&back=comp.lang.python&new=0&rok=1

From the power tools department:

* The latest SWIG release has support for Python keyword arguments and better shadow class support: http://www.egroups.com/group/swig/1181.html? * Python Imaging Library (PIL) version 1.0 is out: http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ * Too many news in the Zope front to go into in detail, but foremost is a new site layout and several Zope 2.0 beta releases: http://www.zope.org/ * Numeric Python release 12 beta now uses ExtensionClasses: ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/python/LLNLDistribution12beta.tgz * Paul Dubois' PyFort is a tool for interfacing NumPy to Fortran: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=510814523 * SCXX is a lightweight take on Paul Dubois's CXX by Gordon McMillan which promises to require less of your C++ compiler: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=510361661

From the events and public relations department:

* Local Python users groups are sprouting, and they seem to be called PIGgies!. The San Francisco Bay Area has one, as does the Washington DC area. Where will the next one crop up? http://www.baypiggies.org/ http://www.python.org/Events.html#dcpiggies * Bruce Eckel, a C++ and Java trainer and book author, has picked up the Python bug, and is planning what sounds like a neat Python workshop -- learn Python in five days in mountains by writing something useful. http://www.eckelobjects.com/PythonProjectWorkshop/index.html * The O'Reilly conference is soon upon us: http://conferences.oreilly.com/python/ * The next International Python Conference has a revised call for papers with new dates: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/cfp.html ========================================================================= 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 (once we resume), ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- -David Ascher <da@ski.org> == 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 ------------------------------------------------------------