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Python-URL! for February 7, 2000

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 2000

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:45:40 -0600 (CST)
From: “Fredrik Lundh” effbot@telia.com

Major New Internet Portal Python Powered!
http://www.filibuster.org

On the edu-sig, David Scherer reminds us what CP4E (and Python)
is all about

http://www.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2000-February/000098.html

New guidelines for patch contributions
http://www.python.org/patches/

Python’s CVS repository can be accessed via the web
http://cvs.python.org/

The edu-sig deals with everything related to using Python in
education (except, perhaps, whether Python should remain case
sensitive or not). Great discussions, thus far
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=580836413

http://www.python.org/sigs/edu-sig/

The import-sig will design a new architecture for the import
facilities in Python (to better support embedding, archives,
installers, etc)
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581571482

http://www.python.org/sigs/import-sig/

New Python consortium members that we forgot to mention in last
week’s URL ASTi:
http://www.asti.com BeOpen:
http://www.beopen.com

Danny Yee reviews Dave Beazley’s Python Essential Reference
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=582232970


http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/danny/book-reviews/h/Python_Reference.html

How do I add subject lines to mails sent via smtplib?
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=582411857

What’s wrong with execfile and local variables?
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581374636

http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581843072

How do I best prepare a Python?
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581198835

A useful example of asynchronous socket work
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581929417

New releases of plotting software
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581191243
(gdchart)
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=582314930
(pxDislin)

And to round off this week’s URL, here’s some Python poetry
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=581006163


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

The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python
resources
http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/

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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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