Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 13)

Tue Sep 13 14:16:14 EDT 2005

QOTW:  "In my view, the doctrinaire', indeed religious, adherence to OO
purity has harmed our discipline considerably. Python was a nice breath
of fresh air when I discovered it exactly because it does not have this
slavish committment to an exclusively OO model." -- Tim Daneliuk

"[W]hen you add an item to the canvas, it's part of the canvas until you
remove it.  if performance drops, it's usually because you keep adding
new items without removing the old ones." -- Fredrik Lundh

    An interesting CS puzzle that even provokes the interest of 
    legendary bots:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/892850b258423549

    If you ever wanted to know how to fake network connection troubles
    without pulling the ethernet cable or dumping your access point in
    the bathtub - here you go:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/4c74934e88809a3a

    There's a new compiler for python in town - you static typed languages
    better watch out - we're getting closer!
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/130e711203d12acb

    Django gets lots of attention lately - but is it on par with
    ruby-on-rails already? Find out for yourself:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e827f741c2e25f30/

    Lots of movement on the "easy-packaging and installing"-front.
    py2exe and PyInstaller have new versions out:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/29bb876093c78e64
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/698dcaf909ce3bac

    Reluctant to share your little secrets? Here is how to utilize python
    for encryption:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/da511dc9cb4921c 

    Ever felt the need for nice new wheels? Stefano Masini provokes a
    discussion on why so many people seem to keep reinventing them with
    python:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/e652d2f771a49857

    Shaving of milliseconds on loops in python is an uncommon need - but
    if it arises in, for example, a game loop, here are tips on how to do so:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8c988e2b5991a4a1

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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.

    For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should
    absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index
    much of the universe of Pybloggers.
	http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/PythonProgrammersWeblog
        http://www.planetpython.org/
        http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html

    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

    Steve Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer continue the marvelous
    tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson and Brett
    Cannon 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/

    Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
    match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
    subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
        http://www.pythonology.com/success

    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

    Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches.
        http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch

    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.

    del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/python

    *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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