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• Towards a Standard Parser Generator

  ...in the regular expression defines a named group. Scanning proceeds in the following steps: Given the complete input, match the regular expression with the beginning of the input. Find out which alternative matched. If the token is white space, ignore it. Otherwise, append it to the token list. Continue with step 1, this time starting at the end of the previous token, until all input is consumed. Given the complete token list, perform the disambiguatio...

• Computer Programming for Everybody

  ...ing environment, written in Python, suitable for teaching Python to computer users without previous programming experience. Design and implement a prototype library of Python modules connecting Python to an existing 3D game-playing engine for the purpose of teaching Python in an engaging environment. Write a tutorial that teaches general programming skills and good programming habits to students with no previous programming skills, using the above software. Create and maintain a w...

• Computer Programming for Everybody

  ...in their limitations. In addition to the goal of teaching how computers work, a course in computer programming will return to the curriculum an emphasis on logical thought which was once the main benefit of teaching geometry. Two general computing trends of particular interest are the move towards information appliances and the growth of embedded CPUs in everyday machines and appliances--whether in the military or the civilian sector. The decreasing size of computing and the increasing re...

• PSF Community Service Awards

  ...ing the Windows Management Interface in Python and supporting that code and Windows users generally on comp.lang.python. Robin Dunn for being the principal maintainer of wxPython. December 2012 The following awards were announced in December 2012: Antoine Pitrou for his contribution to CPython, including his work on the GIL and his work involving the PSF infrastructure. Stefan Krah for his contribution to closing out PEP 3118, including being a maintainer of cdecimal. October 2012 The fol...

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