Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-20 Thread Sion Arrowsmith
Sion Arrowsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This is more a "batteries included" eureka moment than a Python one, >but writing a fetchmail substitute in 6 lines was an eye-opener. On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 01:23:14PM -0500, someone emailed: [This is a newsgroup/mailing list -- potentially useful inf

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-20 Thread Doug Gray
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:16:15 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > would be hard work was easy with Python. Mine was the discove

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-18 Thread Mohammad Tayseer
> I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments > in Python, moments where you suddenly realise that some task > which seemed like it would be hard work was easy with Python. I had a project in the faculty where we were supposed to implement a compiler

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-16 Thread Sion Arrowsmith
Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mar 13, 2:16 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, >> moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seeme

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-16 Thread Jarek Zgoda
Ben Finney napisaƂ(a): >> I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in >> Python, moments where you suddenly realise that some task which >> seemed like it would be hard work was easy with Python. > > I don't recall the exact co

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-16 Thread Paul McGuire
On Mar 13, 2:16 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > would be hard work was easy with Python. >

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-15 Thread Alex Martelli
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > would be hard work was easy with Python. As a part of my process to

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread Jeff McNeil
even D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it would be hard work was easy with Python. I had a recent one, where I had spent some time

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread Ben Finney
"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in > Python, moments where you suddenly realise that some task which > seemed like it would be hard work was easy with Python. I don't

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread Brett g Porter
Dustan wrote: > On Mar 13, 10:05 am, Brett g Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, >>> moments where you suddenly realise that some task which see

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mar 13, 2:16 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > would be hard work was easy with Python. > ##

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread Dustan
On Mar 13, 10:05 am, Brett g Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > > would b

Re: Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-13 Thread Brett g Porter
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, > moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it > would be hard work was easy with Python. Mine was definitely when I was first working with the x

Eureka moments in Python

2007-03-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
I'd be interested in hearing people's stories of Eureka moments in Python, moments where you suddenly realise that some task which seemed like it would be hard work was easy with Python. I had a recent one, where I had spent some time creating a function which took a list as an argument