[Python-Dev] Tutorial: Brief Introduction to the Standard Libary

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake at acm.org
Wed Nov 26 18:49:11 EST 2003


Raymond Hettinger writes:
 > I'm adding section to the tutorial with a brief sampling of library
 > offerings and some short examples of how to use them.

Cool!

 > I've avoided XML because it is a can of worms and because short examples
 > don't do it justice.  OTOH, it *is* the hot topic of the day and seems
 > to be taking over the world one angle bracket at a time.

Actually, they usually travel in pairs.  ;-)

I would stay away from XML for this; there's too much there and how to
pick one thing over another isn't always obvious even when someone
explains it.


  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
PythonLabs at Zope Corporation



More information about the Python-Dev mailing list