Noteworthy items this week from Pythondom: Michael Stroeder announces pyCA-0.6.2 - a set of scripts and CGI-BIN programs written in Python for setting up and running a certificate authority using OpenSSL. http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553266414 Sean Reifschneider announces sockserv, a SMTP/NNTP/POP- like server module that makes it easy to create command / response type servers. http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553266413 Tony Ibbs announces v0.3 for his metalanguage for mxTextTools http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553266415 [Note: mxTextTools features an unusual and extremely fast parsing engine with an incomprehensible API; Tony has been slowly chipping away at making the interface non-hostile for a year or so.] Mike Fletcher posts mandelbrot.py http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=554408930 which shows off both wxPython and the Numeric extensions. The subject of automatic garbage collection returns, this time with a practical cast: Fredrik Lundh on how it would be helpful: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553393467 James Logajan on why he prefers the current approach: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553396826 And finally, Bijan Parsia gives pointers to some modern GC implementations that should ease James' concerns. http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553786287 Tim Peters exposes his impractical bent, and shows that an apparently simple "lottery" game isn't so simple: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=552877307 and http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=553253462 ======================================================================== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------