Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:11:52 -0600 (CST)
From: “Gordon McMillan” gmcm@hypernet.com
People interested in optional static typing in Python should
look at the types SIG
http://www.python.org/pipermail/types-sig/
which is experiencing a flood of activity, (including unauthorized
use of Guido’s time-machine).
Meanwhile, a minor flood of announcements in Pythondom:
Jean-Claude Wippler announces that MetaKit (a fast, lightweight
embedded DB library with surprising capabilities) is now Open
Source
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=561017677
Last week we saw the announcement that DISLIN (a cross platform
plotting package) comes with Python bindings; this week Paul
Magwene announces a Python OO wrapper library
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=560482093
A bug fix release of Zope
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=560591351
A new release of PyQt/PyKDE (now compiling on Windows NT) from
Phil Thompson
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=562647925
A very early (developer only) release of Python Builder (an IDE
for the keyboard impared) is now available from Cliff Baeseman
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=560830466
William Annis releases a developer-only snapshot of Mom – a Unix
system monitoring tool (primary platform: Solaris)
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=561060235
John Aycock announces an early version of his Decompyle package
(reconstruct source from bytecodes)
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563144526
Two juicy tidbits in the “completely different” category:
Looking for something interesting to do with that huge
power-sucking box in the basement? IBM has posted instructions on
porting Python 1.4 to OS/390
http://www2.s390.ibm.com/products/oe/python.html
(If you have a spare, please ship one to Tim, so he can test
floating point conformance .)
Those in search of a license model might consider Just van
Rossum’s unique approach
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=562607678
Don’t forget that the early-bird prices for the Python
conference expire on January 5th
http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/
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
Archive probing trick of the trade:
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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