Help wanted: Andrew Kuchling: Maintainer needed for the curses module http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=590053755 David Ascher: Call for Patch for Borland compiler http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588013997 www.faqts.com: Python Knowledge Base http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/lang New mailing lists: ASP scripting with Python: http://www.asplists.com/asplists/asppython.asp Glenn Norton announces a small study group for Python newcomers: http://www.egroups.com/group/python-studies/info.html More Python-related projects move to sourceforge: Numerical Python: http://numpy.sourceforge.net Bernard Herzog's Sketch: http://sketch.sourceforge.net Alessandro Bottoni reviews John Grayson's 'Python and Tkinter programming,' and likes what he sees: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588012707 Over at the software carpentry, Philip Wadler discusses how to 'embed' a make-like tool in Python: http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/lists/sc-discuss/msg00068.html

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