Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Oct 27)

[Gabriel Genellina]

QOTW:  "But it is the right idea. They just don't know what it means,
because they've been listening to people like you who insist on using
Pascal terminology with a definition unrecognizable to Pascal programmers.
To an ex-Pascal programmer like myself, when you talk about 'call by value
where the value is a reference', it sounds to me as if you are insisting
that cars are ACTUALLY horse and buggies, where the horse is the engine,
why are we inventing new terms like 'automobile', that just confuses
people." - Steven D'Aprano
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/4aec48c7875baba6

    
    A long thread about multiprocessing, multithreading, the GIL, and how
    Python behaves in a multicore/multiple CPU environment:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/9d995e4a1153a1b2/
    
    Using __del__ and atexit to execute code when interpreter shuts down:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/5478e423ae290671/
    
    Several ways to keep a bunch of named constants: into a dictionary, as
    class attributes, as module attributes...
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b3a0942650bdabc6/
    
    Handling keyboard input immediately (without waiting for <enter> key):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/70b2f83151373237/
    
    After discovering some corner cases in the set implementation, this
    thread is now discussing abstract data types:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-October/512865.html
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-October/512911.html
    
    Using the right algorithm and data structure, the time to compare two
    lists can decrease from 10 minutes to only 2-3 secs:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/91b7eae37c5d22e1/
    
    Replacing a method with an arbitrary callable object:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1bc94ef7a0bc0e5b/
    

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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

    Just beginning with Python?  This page is a great place to start:
	http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

    The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats":
	http://pythonpapers.org/
    The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
	http://pythonmagazine.com

    Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
	http://planetpython.org
	http://planet.python.org

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics

    Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
    Updates appear more-than-weekly:
        http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

    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/donations/

    The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
    report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. 
        http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date

    Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
    hyperlinks retains a few gems.
        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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/

    Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
    Watch this space for links to them.

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see:
        http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
    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://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

    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

    Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
        http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
        http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8

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