This week on comp.lang.python we find: Evan Simpson's one page description of the anatomy of Zope: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544506548 Paul Duffin's speculation about how "stubbed" Tcl might be used by Tkinter: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=545858112 The __str__ vs __repr__ thread rages on. Guido explains the rationale: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544209311 Tim clarifies the problem: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544718491 Bernhard Herzog makes an interesting proposal: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544360351 while others split on whether "eval(repr(obj)) == obj" is a valuable property or a wart. Jean-Claude Wippler announces a stable beta of his Python wrappers for MetaKit (a cross-platform embedded database with intriguing properties): http://www.equi4.com/metakit/python.html Registration for IPC8 is now online: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/registration.html and prompts some discussion of travel arrangements. Two new Python books get rave reviews: David Beazley's Python Essential Reference and Fredrik Lundh's ebook: (the eff-bot guide to) The Standard Python Library (although technical / platform problems create some controversy for the eff-bot!). http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/ Greg Ewing compares Python and Ruby and makes some interesting observations: on extension writing interface: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=543792249 on the object model: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544255921 Python scores points on rec.humor.funny: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/99/Nov/perl.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, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------