Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-06 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On 5 Dec 2005 14:10:00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I was running Python-2.4.1 so I upgraded to 2.4.2 and guess > what? The docs still reference the old Howto. Perhaps you meant > to say "will be fixed in 2.5" rather than "has been fixed"? The docs referen

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-05 Thread Tony Meyer
> Well, I was running Python-2.4.1 so I upgraded to 2.4.2 and guess > what? The docs still reference the old Howto. Perhaps you meant > to say "will be fixed in 2.5" rather than "has been fixed"? No, I meant has been fixed. A fixed version hasn't been released, but that doesn't make it any le

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-05 Thread rurpy
"Tony Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's "site:", but even if you just left that out and used > >> 'wiki.python.org sorting "how to"', the first link is the one you're > >> after. Laziness is no excuse. > > > > You miss my point. Having outdated documentaion distributed > > with Python i

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread Tony Meyer
>> It's "site:", but even if you just left that out and used >> 'wiki.python.org sorting "how to"', the first link is the one you're >> after. Laziness is no excuse. > > You miss my point. Having outdated documentaion distributed > with Python is the problem. Have some newer stuff out on some >

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread rurpy
Tony Meyer wrote: > Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current > copy of "the Sorting min-howto": > http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html > >>> > >>> Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? > >> > >> Note that the updated vers

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread Tony Meyer
Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current copy of "the Sorting min-howto": http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html >>> >>> Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? >> >> Note that the updated version of this is at: http://wiki.py

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread rurpy
Tony Meyer wrote: > >> Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current > >> copy of "the Sorting min-howto": > >> http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html > > > > Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? > > Note that the updated version of this is a

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread skip
>>> Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current >>> copy of "the Sorting min-howto": >>> http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html >> >> Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? Tony> Note that the updated version of this is at: Tony>

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread Tony Meyer
>> Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current >> copy of "the Sorting min-howto": >> http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html > > Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? Note that the updated version of this is at: http://wiki.python.org/ moin

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread rurpy
"Cameron Laird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Among the treasures available in The Wiki is the current > copy of "the Sorting min-howto": > http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sorting/sorting.html snip Why is this a "treasure" when it is way out of date? 1. There is no mention of

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-04 Thread Cameron Laird
QOTW: "Python makes it easy to implement algorithms." - casevh "Most of the discussion of immutables here seems to be caused by newcomers wanting to copy an idiom from another language which doesn't have immutable variables. Their real problem is usually with binding, not immutability." - Mike Me

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2005-12-02 Thread Cameron Laird
QOTW: "Python makes it easy to implement algorithms." - casevh "Most of the discussion of immutables here seems to be caused by newcomers wanting to copy an idiom from another language which doesn't have immutable variables. Their real problem is usually with binding, not immutability." - Mike Me

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-04 Thread Gustavo Córdova Avila
Thomas Heller wrote: Gerrit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Cameron Laird wrote: Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2) What is the frequency of the weekly Python-URL? (-; According to the name, about 1.6 µHz. Thomas NOW you've d

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-04 Thread chriskreuzer
David Fraser wrote: > Rocco Moretti wrote: > > I'm sorry I'm not able to give a direct URL, but it seems they've > > switched over to a horrendously long, stateful URL system which doesn't > > lend itself to direct linkage. > > Doesn't seem stateful to me, just has different thread / message id

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-03 Thread David Fraser
Rocco Moretti wrote: For some reason I can't seem to make use of the google links. When I use the above eg http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=right&th=e562a771d1c827c9 I get a not found google page with url http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?frame=right&th=e562a771d1c827c9 really wanted to

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread Thomas Heller
Gerrit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Cameron Laird wrote: >> Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2) > > What is the frequency of the weekly Python-URL? (-; According to the name, about 1.6 µHz. Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread Gerrit
Cameron Laird wrote: > Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2) What is the frequency of the weekly Python-URL? (-; regards, Gerrit Holl. -- Weather in Lulea / Kallax, Sweden 02/12 19:20: -8.0ÂC Scattered clouds mostly cloudy wind 0.9 m/s None (34

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread Cameron Laird
QOTW: "... why does Microsoft try so hard to protect its sources?" "To avoid embarrassment." -- Peter Maas and Grant Edwards http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=9a599152d8b23b54 "Sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice." -- Alex Martelli 2.4 is fina

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread Rocco Moretti
For some reason I can't seem to make use of the google links. When I use the above eg http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=right&th=e562a771d1c827c9 I get a not found google page with url http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?frame=right&th=e562a771d1c827c9 really wanted to spell file in a sickl

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread David Fraser
Robin Becker wrote: Cameron Laird wrote: QOTW: "... why does Microsoft try so hard to protect its sources?" . 2.4 is final, buildable under Windows in at least a couple of ways, improved, ... http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001657.html asyncore, Twisted,

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-02 Thread Robin Becker
Cameron Laird wrote: QOTW: "... why does Microsoft try so hard to protect its sources?" . 2.4 is final, buildable under Windows in at least a couple of ways, improved, ... http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001657.html asyncore, Twisted, the Python core...-

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-01 Thread Cameron Laird
QOTW: "... why does Microsoft try so hard to protect its sources?" "To avoid embarrassment." -- Peter Maas and Grant Edwards http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=9a599152d8b23b54 "Sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice." -- Alex Martelli 2.4 is fina