[Edu-sig] Useless Python

[rob@jam.rr.com]

I hope I'm not posting off-topic, but I'm new to the list. I maintain a
small website dedicated to Python, featuring a section called Useless
Python, which is the star of our little show. It consists of two things
which I hope may be of potential value in the arena of Python and
education. Each came about as a good idea set in motion on the Python
Tutor email list.

We allow people to provide solutions to ACM Programming Contest
problems, which must be submitted in other languages such as Perl and C
when submitting to the contest judges. We do not judge the submissions,
but post them for the world to see. When I contacted the people behind
the ACM site, I was told that they were delighted to hear about it and
if we could provide a Python judge (which I took to mean software
similar to that which they already use), they would be willing to add
Python to the list of possible submission languages.

Useless Python itself is a collection of scripts and similar selections
sent in by anyone who cares to submit code. The general purpose is dual:
to reduce the need to send long snips of source in emails to the tutor
list, and to allow people to share scripts for beginners to look at.
Novice and Intermediate level concepts are expressed in the code here.

If there is any way that this resource could be made more useful for
educational purposes, or improved in any way, we would welcome any
requests or criticism. Oh, and if you have any odd programs you would
share with people learning the language, please do.

Please forgive my verbosity,
Rob Andrews
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Useless Python!
If your Python is this useless, we need you.
http://www.lowerstandard.com/python/pythonsource.html