Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 9)
Gordon McMillan
gmcm@hypernet.com
Tue, 09 Nov 99 21:32:08 GMT
This week on comp.lang.python we find:
Evan Simpson's one page description of the anatomy of Zope:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544506548
Paul Duffin's speculation about how "stubbed" Tcl might be
used by Tkinter:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=545858112
The __str__ vs __repr__ thread rages on.
Guido explains the rationale:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544209311
Tim clarifies the problem:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544718491
Bernhard Herzog makes an interesting proposal:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544360351
while others split on whether "eval(repr(obj)) == obj" is a
valuable property or a wart.
Jean-Claude Wippler announces a stable beta of his Python
wrappers for MetaKit (a cross-platform embedded database
with intriguing properties):
http://www.equi4.com/metakit/python.html
Registration for IPC8 is now online:
http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/registration.html
and prompts some discussion of travel arrangements.
Two new Python books get rave reviews:
David Beazley's Python Essential Reference
and
Fredrik Lundh's ebook:
(the eff-bot guide to) The Standard Python Library
(although technical / platform problems create some
controversy for the eff-bot!).
http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/
Greg Ewing compares Python and Ruby and makes some
interesting observations:
on extension writing interface:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=543792249
on the object model:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544255921
Python scores points on rec.humor.funny:
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/99/Nov/perl.html
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Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
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Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity
http://www.python.org/consortium
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
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http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python
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