Re: ANN: python-constraint 1.0

Gustavo Niemeyer ha scritto: > > Overview > > > **python-constraint** [1]_ is a Python module offering solvers for > Constraint Solving Problems (CSPs) over finite domains in simple > and pure Python. CSP is class of problems which may be represented > in terms of variables (`a`,

Re: Which kid's beginners programming - Python or Forth?

BORT ha scritto: > All, > > The Forth-Python pull was heading to a conclusion just like "Tastes > Great" vs. "Less Filling" or Ford-Chevy. However, friendly folks at > comp.lang.forth pointed me to Amazon.com and _Mindstorms: Children, > Computers, and Powerful Ideas_ > by Seymour Papert. The bo

Re: anonymous function objects?

Uwe Mayer ha scritto: Friday 29 April 2005 00:06 am Paul Rubin wrote: Closest you can come is: f = lambda: sys.stdout.write("hello world\n") Ah. :)) Why does the "print" statement return a syntax error here? ^ this is the reason :) You can't have statements into an

Re: a new Perl/Python a day

Bob Smith ha scritto: Scott Bryce wrote: Xah Lee wrote: frustrated constantly by its inanities and incompetences.) I don't see what this has to do with Perl. You're joking, right? please consider that the message you all are asking are crossposted to comp.lang.perl.misc and comp.lang.python, avo

Re: Python evolution: Unease

Alex Martelli ha scritto: But Alex is right; Envisage does hold a lot of promise. The very concept of an architecture based on a spare skeleton and copious plugins is intrinsically excellent, and I think that by now eclipse has proven it's also practically viable for real-world powerful IDEs/plat

Re: Cookbook 2nd ed Credits (was Re: The Industry choice)

Jacek Generowicz ha scritto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: ...but each still gets ONE free copy...!-) Who gets Luther Blissett's copy ? :-) And are all the Luther Blissetts the same Luther Blisset ? no, some of them are Wu Ming http://www.wumingfoundation.com/ (from http://www.lutherb

Re: Continuations Based Web Framework - Seaside.

Mike Thompson ha scritto: 'Seaside' is a Smalltalk framework for what might be called "Modal Web Development" or "Synchronous Web Programming", or even "Continuation Based Web Apps". http://www.beta4.com/seaside2/ Very sexy it looks too. And it seems to be generating a lot of interest - Ru

Re: Complementary language?

Alex Martelli ha scritto: Nolo contendere (not having looked much into Alice yet), but are there stand-alone didactical materials for Alice as there are for Oz? > It > seemed to me that the available materials for Alice basically take SML > somewhat for granted, while Oz does come with tutorials

Re: Complementary language?

Robin Becker ha scritto: Alex Martelli wrote: . If you're looking for SERIOUS multiparadigmaticity, I think Oz may be best -- (the book's authors critique the vagueness of the "paradigm" concept, and prefer "model", but that's much the same thing

Re: Optional Static Typing

Mike Meyer ha scritto: "John Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message This may sound a bit cynical, but most real uber-programmers have either Lisp or Smalltalk in their backgrounds, and frequently both one. Neither of those languages have static typing, and they simp