Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:36:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: Cameron Laird claird@NeoSoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Dr. Dobb’s Python-URL! – weekly Python news and links (May
15)
The effbot automates answers to the most common introspective
questions: What are my {functions,methods,classes}?
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=552444703
imports modules synthesized as strings
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=621152936
and converts Latin-1 to UTF-8
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=622559726
Measurement is a good thing. Measurement of Zope performance
might even be an important thing
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/zope_benchmarks/benchmarks.html
Warren Postma creates lightweight database objects
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=623717108
Randall Hopper says a Python wrapper for “an industrial-strength
scientific/data visualization package, now open-source” is in the
works
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=623648095
Michael Hudson and Nick Mathewson reveal intimate details of
their currying lives
http://x27.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=623342690
The Python FAQTS is turning into quite a high-quality
resource
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/
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
eff-bot’s complements this digest with his daily python url
http://hem.passagen.se/eff/url.htm
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
The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python
resources
http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/
Python FAQTS
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/
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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or
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