Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Apr 16)

[Steve Holden]

    Per Gummedal announces Python for the AS/400 has now reached Beta 0.6:
        http://home.no.net/pgummeda

    Gerard Häring announces PyAda now supports Windows and Solaris
    platforms as well as Linux and FreeBSD:
        http://pyada.sourceforge.net

    Sean Reifschneider releases RPMs (source, and Red Hat 7.0 binary)
    for the Python release candidate 2.1c1:
        ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/SRPMS/python2-2.1c1-1tummy.src.rpm
        ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/binaries-KRUD-7.0-i386

    Fred Drake has updated the Python 2.1 development documentation
    into final release form:
        http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/

    A second release candidate is announced after a small but
    significant bug is found in dictionary-handling code:
        http://www.python.org/2.1/

    Alex Shindich and Curt Hagenlocher follow up discussions on
    interface specification in Python with a paper on the "Implied
    Interface" design pattern:
        http://www.shindich.com/sources/patterns/implied.html

    Pete Shinners announces the 1.0 implementation of PyGame, an
    SDL-based game authoring framework:
        http://pygame.seul.org/

    Questions are raised about whether ActiveState's Komodo violates
    the Mozilla Public License. ActiveState seems to be OK in both
    letter and spirit, but the thread assumes a life of its own:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=adeed2bd2eec0958

    Commas in list comprehensions cause confusion, which takes a little
    sorting out:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=edf0cf4c559318e0

    Robert Johnson innocently expresses surprise at Python's namespace
    flexibility, triggering a flood of responses (warning: this thread
    includes the word 'floccinaucinihilipilification'):
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=36898cb3c796116b

    Robin Becker innocently enquires about defining abstract base
    classes, and receives several suggestions:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=3f2bbdc09e263baa

    The world fails to become any wiser about whether Aahz and
    Tim Peters have actually met:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=1b5dcfa1b5125fbc


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Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages:

    Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Michael Hudson continues Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition
    of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every
    other week.
        http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/
        http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

    The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect Python resources
        http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/   

    Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
    mailing lists
        http://www.python.org/sigs/

    The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium
    as an independent nexus of activity
        http://www.python.org/psf/

    Cetus does much of the same
        http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    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 tricks of the trade:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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