Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 3)

[Cameron Laird]

QOTW:  "If a keyboard binding doesn't work as you expect it to, it's
usually because focus is somewhere else.  When in doubt, add a
widget.focus_set() call to the appropriate location." -- Fredrik Lundh

"I've found this newsgroup most useful for regular doses of 'Pythonic'
Zen -- the progression from lumpy new-to-the-language code to smooth
idiomatic code, which it seems is best learnt by osmosis and
experience." -- James Kew


    Are conventional computers accurate to a millisecond?  Precise
    within a microsecond?  What do these terms *mean*?  Grant Edwards,
    Knio, and others relate their experiences
	http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=f749b067884206db

    Mark McEahern backs Gustavo Niemeyer in his presentation of
    an engaging Closure recipe.
	http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=b415153adf49540b

    Oleg Paraschenko exhibits a "complete Python Tkinter sample
    application for a long operation".  He uses threading to keep
    from freezing the GUI
	http://uucode.com/texts/pylongopgui/pyguiapp.html

    John Hunter gives the one-paragraph genesis of matplotlib, AND a
    concrete comparison of Matlab and Numeric white noise, while Colin
    J. Williams illustrates improved documentation for PyMatrix
	http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=bbe6d23ae72c636f
	
    Do you want to contribute to the second volume of Python Success
    Stories?
	http://groups.google.com/groups?th=bb67015324e512bb

    Measurement invariably is provocative.  beliavsky measures a few
    Numeric vs. Fortran performance comparisons
	http://groups.google.com/groups?th=525bc03b9739dccf

    Scott David Daniels explains how his simple Data class helps him
    be more productive in interactive work
	http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=5c326de1818bac39

    PyLinda makes distributed computing pretty (but slow--slower than
    technically required?)
	http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~aw/pylinda

    Martin von Loewis' minutes from the most recent PSF meeting are public
        http://www.python.org/psf/records/members/minutes-2004-03-25.html


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Everything Python-related 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
    marvelous daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  
    Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
    World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
         http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html 
    While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
    are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
    their results.

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

    Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by 
    Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson of intelligently summarizing
    action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week.
	http://www.python.org/dev/summary/

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
    to all sorts of 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 Business Forum "further[s] the interests of companies
    that base their business on ... Python."
	http://www.python-in-business.org

    The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
    Consortium as an independent nexus of activity.  It has official
    responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. 
        http://www.python.org/psf/
    Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
        http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html

    Cetus collects Python hyperlinks.
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

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

    The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
    interesting recipes.
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
	http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
	http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
	http://python.de/backend.php
    For more, see
	http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
        http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html
     
    The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
    editor at pythonjournal.com and editor at pythonjournal.cognizor.com
    welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
    of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    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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