Re: help me ?
On 02/27/2018 06:54 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > The fun part is giving them a solution that's so obscure and "clever" > that it technically meets the stated requirement but is so far from > what the instructor wanted that they don't get credit for it (and > there's no way the student will be able explain how it works to the > instructor). Isn't that the point of doing their homework. Amber -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ah Python, you have spoiled me for all other languages
«» On 22/05/2015 21:40, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >https://www.tundraware.com/TechnicalNotes/Python-Is-Middleware/ Quoting that article «And no, you couldn't get a C based OS to do what TPF does even if you did have a couple hundred million dollars to redo it, » Why couldn't a C based OS do what TPF does? My understanding is that if the programming language is Turing-Complete, it can do anything that any other Turing-Complete language can do. And that assembler is a Turing-Complete language. jonathon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Database help needed
My PHB is insane. Today he drops 50,000 databases in MS Access format on my desk, and tells me that by Friday I need to: * Remove all of the "junk content" in the record fields; * Remove all records with blank fields in them; * Correct all fields in which the markup is "wrong"; * Correct all fields in which the data is "wrong"; * Ensure that all database include some specific tables; ** Add appropriate content to the records in the "new" tables; And finally, said databases are to be in: * MS Access 97 format; * MS Access 2000 format; * MS Access 2003 format; ** Is there any documentation anywhere on what the differences between those is? Won't a database created for Access 97 be openable in MS Access 2003? * SQLite format; * MySQL format; * PDB format, for use on his PalmPilot; * Commas separated values; * dBase 3; * Excell spreadsheets; * ODF spreadsheets; I'm a programming novice, but I think that I can write a script that reads the MSAccess databases, and cleans up the content in the individual fields of the database. What I need is: * A pointer to good. current, downloadable documentation on creating, and editing databases using Python; ** Good current books on python and databases will also be useful; * Pointers to material that describe how to create MS Access databases using Python, on Linux; * Pointers to material that describe how to create, and edit SQL CE 2.0 databases in Python, on Linux. I'm assuming that this is possible, but since that database engine is available for Windows Mobile only --- at least according to the Google search I did --- I have some doubts; I need stuff I can download. I'll be burning it to a DVD, and taking that to work. No internet access at work. The PHB considers that to be a time waster, and an expensive luxury that can not be justified in the current economic climate. Amber -- Wind under Thy Wings -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Twisted 16.1 Release Announcement
On behalf of Twisted Matrix Laboratories, I am honoured to announce the release of Twisted 16.1! This release is hot off the heels of 16.0 released last month, including some nice little tidbits. The highlights include: - twisted.application.internet.ClientService, a service that maintains a persistent outgoing endpoint-based connection -- a replacement for ReconnectingClientFactory that uses modern APIs; - A large (77% on one benchmark) performance improvement when using twisted.web's client on PyPy; - A few conch modules have been ported to Python 3, in preparation for further porting of the SSH functionality; - Full support for OpenSSL 1.0.2f and above; - t.web.http.Request.addCookie now accepts Unicode and bytes keys/values; - `twistd manhole` no longer uses a hard-coded SSH host key, and will generate one for you on the fly (this adds a 'appdirs' PyPI dependency, installing with [conch] will add it automatically); - Over eighteen tickets overall closed since 16.0. For more information, check the NEWS file (link provided below). You can find the downloads at <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Twisted> (or alternatively <http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads>). The NEWS file is also available at <https://github.com/twisted/twisted/blob/twisted-16.1.0/NEWS>. Many thanks to everyone who had a part in this release - the supporters of the Twisted Software Foundation, the developers who contributed code as well as documentation, and all the people building great things with Twisted! Twisted Regards, Amber Brown (HawkOwl) signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Twisted 15.4 was the last release to support Python 2.6; or: a HawkOwl Can't Words Situation
Hi everyone! It's been brought to my attention that I misworded something in the release notes and it slipped through the cracks. In the NEWS I said: > This is the last Twisted release where Python 2.6 is supported, on any > platform. However, I meant that this is the first Twisted release to drop 2.6 support wholesale, preventing import on this platform. Twisted 15.4 will still operate, so if you have Python 2.6 deployment requirements, bracket the maximum to 15.4 on that platform by using an if statement in your setup.py, and `Twisted >=*minreq*,<=15.4; python_version < '2.7'` under requires_dist in your setup.cfg, where minreq is the minimum required Twisted. Sorry for the inconvenience! - Amber "HawkOwl" Brown Twisted Release Manager signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
