Passing functions around and executing

2008-05-14 Thread PatrickMinnesota
I've been reading the docs and looking for an answer and seem stuck. I'm either not looking in the right places or not understanding what I'm reading. I have a bunch of functions. I want to put them in a list. Then I want to pass that list into another function which does some setup and then loo

Pygame w/ GUI

2008-01-09 Thread PatrickMinnesota
I know this isn't strictly a Python question, but I'm betting some here might be able to give me a hint. I have a few graphical programs doing some 2D data visualization using simple Pygame code for pseudo real-time animation. It's running under windows XP right now, but eventually it'll need to

Re: cloud computing (and python)?

2008-01-02 Thread PatrickMinnesota
On Jan 2, 9:33 am, Aaron Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I must admit I feel a hint of amusement though at your comment above, when > > it's sent from precisely the sort of setup you appear bemused by - since > > you appear to have already bought into it without realising ! :-D > > Ok, so if

Re: cloud computing (and python)?

2008-01-01 Thread PatrickMinnesota
On Jan 1, 7:12 pm, Neil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cloud computing is mostly about scalability. You do not need to be > concerned so much about low level infrastructure details such as > purchasing servers, configuring and maintaining them, hiring space in > data centres, linking up d

Re: cloud computing (and python)?

2008-01-01 Thread PatrickMinnesota
On Jan 1, 3:26 pm, Aaron Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, in between skiing runs I noticed > a Business Week cover story on > "cloud computing". The article had > lots of interesting information in it like > about how somebody's mom used to > be an airline stewardess and the > interior dec

Re: cloud computing (and python)?

2008-01-01 Thread PatrickMinnesota
On Jan 1, 3:26 pm, Aaron Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, in between skiing runs I noticed > a Business Week cover story on > "cloud computing". The article had > lots of interesting information in it like > about how somebody's mom used to > be an airline stewardess and the > interior dec

2D Game Development in Python

2007-12-20 Thread PatrickMinnesota
I like to do fun stuff when learning a new language. I've been working with Python for a little while on real world problems mostly fixing bugs and writing a simulator for work. I was thinking as a hobby project developing a simple 2d game (think Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, LoadRunner) and menti

New to Python Would like debug advice

2007-12-17 Thread PatrickMinnesota
Yep, I'm new to the language, it's been a couple of months. I opted for gvim and console window for developing on a Windows XP box. I'm not a huge fan of IDEs except for when I need some debugging. I've done my googling and see a bunch of options out there for a debugging solution for Python on