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  • Python Success Stories

    ...helped us maintain high code quality. One minor feature of Python development that was really a blessing was the ability to quickly test text processing code or coding assumptions in the interactive Python shell. Outcome Four months later, the team was surprized to see the filtering product completed three months earlier than we expected had we used C/C++ for the whole project. The feature set at this time included: Filtering anti-spam/virus with support for independent policies across multipl...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...helped to speed up the testing and debugging process. Python's vast standard libraries allow rapid development of functionality without resorting to re-invention of the wheel. Python's very clean syntax and indentation-based program structure makes code much easier to read and maintain. Since using Python in our development, the time to write new user interface layouts for the TAPtools® product family has been reduced by a factor three. About the Author Michael Bartl initially joined Frequent...

  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (1st ed.)

    ...helped create in the early eighties. It was an incredibly elegant and powerful language, aimed at non-professional programmers. Despite all its elegance and power and the availability of a free implementation, ABC never became popular in the Unix/C world. I can only speculate about the reasons, but here's a likely one: the difficulty of adding new "primitive" operations to ABC. It was a monolithic, "closed system", with only the most basic I/O operations: read a string from the consol...

  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    ...Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.2) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (2.7.2) (sig) XZ source tar ball (2.7.2) (sig) Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.7.2) (sig) Windows x86 MSI program database (2.7.2) (sig) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.7.2) [1] (sig) Windows X86-64 program database (2.7.2) [1] (sig) Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Insta...

  • 2012-12-05 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...help represent the PSF at meetings/conferences that the board members attend. 8.2   Ghana We need to find out further information on the MISE proposal and possibly connect them with the Python Tour in Africa. 8.3   Public Relations Brian switched PR services from PR Web to Market Wire because of good deals. If they end up providing good distribution, Marc-Andre thinks it may be a good idea for the PSF to start putting out press releases again (possibly using Mar...

  • 2008-03-10 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...helping with python.org postmaster duties, and Mathew Dixon Cowles, for replying to python-help requests. Approved 7-0-0. 10   Python Certification Van Lindberg sent a draft proposal (by himself, Tennessee Leeuwenburg, and Steve Holden) to the Board mailing list. As the meeting was running over time, S. Holden requested that all present send emailed responses ASAP to the Board list. It was agreed that the idea should then be put to the members for discussion. von Löwis note...

  • 2014-01-31 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Help their team finalize logistics and F&B for their event. Internet: I have pinged Sean to see if he is interested in oversight of the internet. I will work with them more this month to get that finalized and properly spec?ed out. T-shirts: Find a vendor for t-shirt printing in Montreal. Compare prices of several vendors. Ongoing Projects Financial Aid planning 2016/2017 RFPs: Getting Orlando in the mix. Rosen Creek has the availability for hotel, but working on meeting space requirem...

  • Quotes about Python

    ...helps keep Python on the cutting edge." EVE Online "Python enabled us to create EVE Online, a massive multiplayer game, in record time. The EVE Online server cluster runs over 50,000 simultaneous players in a shared space simulation, most of which is created in Python. The flexibilities of Python have enabled us to quickly improve the game experience based on player feedback" said Hilmar Veigar Petursson of CCP Games. HomeGain "HomeGain maintains its commitment to continu...

  • Glue It All Together With Python

    ...help of a wrapper generator such as SWIG. (C/C++ code must first be made available to Java through the Java native code interface; once it is callable from Java it is callable from JPython.)

  • Python Success Stories

    ...help to make Python code readable and maintainable. Extensive and easy to use introspection facilities make Python easy to learn interactively by discovering its capabilities, including documentation, from the command prompt. Python is readily extensible in C or C++, so it is easy to incorporate non-Python modules into an application. Python has played an important role in the success of LivingLogic AG, and will continue to be the basis for most of our software development efforts. About the...

  • 2013-05-31 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...help fund a week long Raspberry Pi summer day camp Approved, 10-0-0. 9   Clearing Archive for psf-board-provate RESOLVED, that the PSF Board of Directors shall archive and remove from general online access all discussions on the mailing list psf-board-private with the list to be cleared at the election of each new Board. The records shall be privately maintained for legal purposes, however Approved, 5-3-1. 10   Teen Tech Camp Grant RESOLVED: The PSF issue a g...

  • PSF PyCon Trademark Usage Policy

    ...help. The following are national-level and regional authorized PyCon conferences: "Kiwi PyCon", "PyCon NZ" in New Zealand "PyCon Africa" in Africa (rotating location) "PyCon Amazônia", in South Amercia "PyCon Asia Pacific", "PyCon APAC" in Asia "PyCon AR", "PyCon Argentina" in Argentina "PyCon AT", "PyCon Austria" in Austria "PyCon AU", "PyCon Australia" in Australia "...

  • 2009-11-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...helpful since she joined us a year ago. I had her do it [self-assessment] because I wasn't sure that you were all aware of the scope of her activities. I am going to be writing you all off-list to suggest a modest improvement in her remuneration." T. Peters: "From where I sit, Pat's done a great job." S. Holden: "Thanks for your work in the last year - you are helping us become more attentive to business." J. Tauber: "Yes, thank-you P. Campbell." P. Campbell: &...

  • 2013-12-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...help them. It's a small group that needs more material than funding. 5.4   Communications Report Summary Brought minutes back up to date, announced Barry's CSA Issues / Blockages None Continued Activities from Last Month None New Activities The board minutes have been brought back up to date from a minor lapse, and Barry Warsaw's Community Service Award was announced and tweeted. For Next Month A previous effort to highlight conference sponsorships ...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...help' that invokes pydoc.help. It must be invoked as 'help()'; when invoked as 'help', it displays a message reminding the user to use 'help()' or 'help(object)'. Tests New test_mutants.py runs dict comparisons where the key and value comparison operators mutate the dicts randomly during comparison. This rapidly causes Python to crash under earlier releases (not for the faint of heart: it can also cause Win9x to freeze or reboot!). New test_pprint.py verifies that pprint.isrecursive() and...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...helpful for aligning the contents of DocBook download components into a workable hierarchy. An Example Python API for DocBook To support development of the necessary content inserter with DocBook, I needed a Python API that could be used to quickly generate the SGML formatted documents. The design chosen for this API provides abstract classes for each document element type in a DocBook Python module. These abstract classes can be inherited in code that defines particular document structures, a...

  • 2007 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    ...help too. In his report Jeff Rush admits to spending an increasingly larger portion of his efforts on PyCon instead of on pure Python advocacy. As PyCon co-Chair, the temptation was too great. However, the consensus was that Jeff has done a lot for PyCon and for Python through PyCon, and Jeff deserves significant credit for the large increase in attendees and the success of Pycon 2007. The members were in favor of renewing Jeff's contract. 4.5   Secretary David Goodger report...

  • 2008-04-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...help. Status: carried forward. Originally from May 2007, Section 7, PyCon Uno (Italy): D. Goodger will produce a PSF logo based on the Python logo. See PSF Logo, below. Status: replaced. Originally from May 2007, Section 7, PyCon Uno (Italy): D. Goodger will look into making PSF banners. Status: carried forward. Originally from January 2008, Section 7, Awards Program: K. Kaiser will research the tax implications of an awards program (both domestic & international recipients). Status: carr...

  • 2008-10-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...help]. Include an affiliation program [ref. July 2008 section 8]. S. Deibel and S. Holden reported that they are working on a draft. Status: in progress. Originally from May 2007, Section 7, PyCon Uno (Italy): D. Goodger will look into making PSF banners. Status: carried forward. Originally from 14 April 2008, Section 5, Treasurer's Report: S. Holden will assist K. Kaiser with accounts receivable reminders. K. Kaiser reported that OSAF paid their outstanding 2007 PSF sponsor invoice. Sta...

  • Release – Python 2.4.3

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    Released: April 15, 2006

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