Pywart: The problem with "Rick Johnson"

2013-06-12 Thread Mike Hansen
Is "Rick Johnson" the alter ego of Xah Lee, or is he the result of a cross breeding experiement with a troll by Saruman at Isengard?-- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python scalability

2008-07-10 Thread Mike Hansen
> I have looked at the python > success stories page and haven't come up with anyone quite like us. > One of my project managers questions is: "Are we the only company in the > world with this kind and size of project?" > I want to say no, but am having trouble convincing myself, let alone him. > >

Re: sage vs enthought for sci computing

2008-07-09 Thread Mike Hansen
On Jul 7, 3:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I have recently become interested in using python for scientific > computing, and came across both sage and enthought. I am curious if > anyone can tell me what the differences are between the two, since > there seems to be a lot of overlap (fr

Re: subprocess module is sorely deficient?

2008-04-22 Thread Mike Hansen
> I think the best solution would be to port Pexpect to windows which > wouldn't be that difficult according to my reading of the code. If > only I had more free time! Sage ( http://www.sagemath.org ) uses pexpect fairly extensively to interface with all sorts of other systems. We recently recei

Re: Python Success stories

2008-04-22 Thread Mike Hansen
On Apr 22, 3:25 am, azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy guys, > A friend of mine i a proud PERL developer which always keeps making > jokes on python's cost. > > Please give me any arguments to cut him down about his commnets > like :"keep programing i python. maybe, one day, you will be able to

Re: How to factor using Python?

2008-03-11 Thread Mike Hansen
If one wants to do serious math using Python, the best bet is to use Sage ( http://www.sagemath.org ). Here are some examples: sage: def f(x, bits=53): : R = RealField(bits); z = R(x) : return cos(R(pi) * factorial(z-1) / z) sage: f(100.00,bits=1000) 0.