Moving from Perl to Python

[Harry George]

Ok, I know you meant to be sarcastic, but these things are possible....

What I asked for was just the cookbook.  No need for the other perl
books.  The cookbook happens to cover a lot of typical programming problems.

As for Numerical Recipes, several years ago I began writing a Modula-3
version (completely cleanroom, just retained the interfaces) and got
hassled by Press et al's lawyers.  So I totally redid it as "m3na".
The python Numerical package has some of m3na's topics covered, but there
is more we could convert to python.  Coming from Modula-3, the
modularity and object structure should at least feel familiar.

Sedgewick's book is another good candidate.  He already has it in
Modula-3.  I doubt we need a whole new hardcopy book -- the algorithm
analysis doesn't change.  But I would like to see an agreement with the
publisher that it is ok to provide web access to a set of open source python
renditions of the algorithms.  Years ago I did most of them in
Modula-2 myself, but the NR experience makes me want to get approvals
before making any public efforts.

Python renditions of the examples from the OpenGL programming guide is
another good project.  I haven't gotton PyOpenGL running yet -- are the
examples already there?  I did many of those in Modula-3 when building
the m3 bindings.



jonathon <jblake at stamp-coin.com> writes:

> On 25 Sep 1999, Harry George wrote:
> 
> >I also have the perl books and like cookbook.  I'm in the process of
> 	[ Text deleted ]
> >Except for copyright issues, I'd say just redo all the Perl 
> 
> 	A request to translate all the Perl Books into Python?  <g>
> 
> 	Other interesting/useful language translations might be
> 	
> 	_Numerical Fortran_/_Numerical C_/_Numerical Pascal_  	
> 			<< Or has this been done?  >>
> 
> 	Donald Knuth's _The Art Of Programming_  Python instead of MX.
> 	<< At one time, Bill Gates automatically hired anybody who had
> 	worked through 75% or more of the questions in that book. >>
> 
> 	Sedgewick's book on algorithms.  Don't remember the title 
> 	offhand.  :-(     
> 
> 	xan
> 
> 	jonathon
> 
> 
> 

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Harry George
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