Re: Multiple threads

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Hunter
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 11/16/2011 12:00 PM, Jack Keegan wrote: >[...] Processes [...] and the OS is generally better at scheduling them than >it is at > scheduling threads within a single process.  If you have multiple cores, the > processes can really run simulta

Re: Learning python reading software source code

2011-08-25 Thread Michael Hunter
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Chetan Harjani wrote: [read book, picked miro to read through] > So I am looking for suggestions on how one can understand the code better. > Any specific references I should look in as I stumble upon libraries n > functions while reading or just the python officia

Re: Announcing a new podcast: Radio Free Python

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Hunter
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: [...] >> No, please don't announce the next one.  There should be a RSS feed. >> But please do announce the feed at regular intervals. Note, I didn't say announce the feed each release. In fact, I didn't even say announce the feed in this chan

Re: Announcing a new podcast: Radio Free Python

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Hunter
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: [...] >> You can find it at http://www.radiofreepython.com/ as of this very minute. > > What a treat. Thank you. Please announce the next one too. No, please don't announce the next one. There should be a RSS feed. But please do announce the fe

Re: Embedding Python: estimate size of dict/list

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Hunter
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] > Obviously I could use PyObject_Str() and PyString_Size() to get a > decent figure, but that seems like overkill. > > What I'm hoping for is some simple function that zips through a > complex object and sums its approximate memory usage

Re: Developing a program to make a family tree.

2011-01-15 Thread Michael Hunter
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Ata Jafari wrote: > Hi there. > I'm trying to develop a program like family tree maker. I have all > information, so there is no need to search on the net. This must be > something like trees. Can someone help me? I'm at the beginning. > Thanks. I think you are p