Re: Why does python not have a mechanism for data hiding?

2008-06-10 Thread Samuel Bayer
Jonathan Gardner wrote: Let me share my personal insight. I used Python for a mission-critical application that needed, in effect, almost 100% uptime with superior throughput. In other words, it was a very fine piece of art that needed to be precise and correct. In the end, Python delivered, und

select.poll in MacOS Leopard?

2008-06-05 Thread Samuel Bayer
All - The Python that comes with MacOS 10.5 doesn't have select.poll. The MacOS X build from python.org does, and works fine in 10.5. Any idea why the Apple build is broken? Anybody come across this before? Thanks in advance - Sam Bayer The MITRE Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.p