Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 9)

[Gordon McMillan]

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

      Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia
          http://www.python.org

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

      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

      Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive
      what AI can generate
          http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python

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        http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python


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