[Tutor] Real World Python
Kojo Idrissa
kojo@tamu.edu
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:59:51 -0600
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Hello all (or, as we say here in AggieLand, "Howdy!"),
This is sort of off-topic, but I thought it was interesting. I was reading
the latest gaming column at ArsTechnica
(<http://arstechnica.com/etc/games/>), and at the bottom of the column,
they have their weekly cheat codes. This week, it's for a game called
"Blade of Darkness". They tell you to enable the codes, you have to make
changes to your menu.py file. ".py!?! Hey!". I thought, "They're using
Python to configure this game!...and I recognized it!...and I know some
(ok, very little) Python! Wow!"
Ok, maybe I overreacted, but for a Python novice like myself, it was pretty
cool. I even understood the seven lines of code they wanted you to add to
the config file.
Ok, the point? I thought it might be interesting if we posted some of the
more down to earth Real World uses of Python when we came across them. The
question seems to keep coming up (especially from newer people) about what
can be done with Python or who's using Python. I mean, a lot of us have
heard about how NASA and Disney and ILM are using it, but how many of us
(especially people new to the language) are going to be working in or
visiting any of those places any time soon? (I think Ron and I probably
live closest to NASA's JSC...I'm not planning any trips in the near future,
how about you Ron?) On the other hand, the Blade of Darkness demo is
included on the Maximum PC CD that came in the mail earlier this week, and
is on newstands now. I suddenly have more incentive to install the
demo. It seems that if we had more of these examples, the answer to that
oft-asked question could become, "You can use Python in about 10
minutes. Just go load up that game/app that uses it and get to typing!"
That's my idea. What do the rest of you think?
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Kojo Idrissa
KPMG Scholar
Accounting Doctoral Student
Texas A&M University
Kojo@tamu.edu
401M Wehner Bldg.
979-862-2726
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Hello all (or, as we say here in AggieLand, "Howdy!"),<br>
<br>
This is sort of off-topic, but I thought it was interesting. I was
reading the latest gaming column at ArsTechnica
(<<a href=3D"http://arstechnica.com/etc/games/" eudora=3D"autourl">http:/=
/arstechnica.com/etc/games/</a>>),
and at the bottom of the column, they have their weekly cheat codes. This
week, it's for a game called "Blade of Darkness". They
tell you to enable the codes, you have to make changes to your
<b>menu.py</b> file. ".py!?! Hey!". I thought,
"They're using Python to configure this game!...and I recognized
it!...and I know some (ok, very little) Python! Wow!"<br>
<br>
Ok, maybe I overreacted, but for a Python novice like myself, it was
pretty cool. I even understood the seven lines of code they wanted
you to add to the config file.<br>
<br>
Ok, the point? I thought it might be interesting if we posted some
of the more down to earth Real World uses of Python when we came across
them. The question seems to keep coming up (especially from newer
people) about what can be done with Python or who's using Python. I
mean, a lot of us have heard about how NASA and Disney and ILM are using
it, but how many of us (especially people new to the language) are going
to be working in or visiting any of those places any time soon? (I think
Ron and I probably live closest to NASA's JSC...I'm not planning any
trips in the near future, how about you Ron?) On the other hand, the
Blade of Darkness demo is included on the Maximum PC CD that came in the
mail earlier this week, and is on newstands now. I suddenly have
more incentive to install the demo. It seems that if we had more of
these examples, the answer to that oft-asked question could become,
"You can use Python in about 10 minutes. Just go load up that
game/app that uses it and get to typing!"<br>
<br>
That's my idea. What do the rest of you think?<br>
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Kojo Idrissa <br>
KPMG Scholar <br>
Accounting Doctoral Student <br>
Texas A&M University <br>
<br>
Kojo@tamu.edu <br>
401M Wehner Bldg. <br>
979-862-2726 <br>
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