James Stroud wrote:
> "better". The only reason I want this functionality is to make my software
> available to windoze users--despite their unfortunate ignorance, they are
> people too. That's what I always say.
Actually, I think it's many unix/linux users who are ignorant of just
how nice, stab
Ivan Shevanski wrote:
> Looking to replace my older flavor of linux with something new. . .What
> are some of your favorites for python programming and anything else?
Still Slackware for me. Slackware is the 'true' Linux. To paraphrase
the Brooke Shields Calvin Klein ad - "Nothing comes between
Jeremy Moles wrote:
> I was looking through some code of my today and noticed this little gem
> I wrote a few days back that I had totally forgot about:
>
> fill = [("%%-%ds\n" % (columns - 1)) % " " for i in range(yoffset - 2)]
>
> ...and then I went on to do:
>
> "".join(fill)
>
> Talk about
Sherm Pendley wrote:
> Xah's a pretty well-known troll in these parts. I suppose he thinks someone
> is going to take the bait and rush to "defend" the other languages or some
> such nonsense.
Actually, I think Xah often has a point, except he can't
seem to express it without resorting to profani
Tony Meyer wrote:
> This makes no sense. If you want to complain about Python, try a
> Perl list. Why would a list dedicated to discussion about/help with
> a language need complaints about the language?
Huh?!? Usually people complain because they need help or feel
that things can be impro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> FWIW I find Python's docs to be OK at best, with some horrible
> parts, and a lot of mediochre to poor parts.
I myself have no big beef about Python's docs, but you're certainly
not the first one to complain about them. Xah Lee rants very
heavily against the quality ag
none wrote:
Does Python really need yet another framework? Apart from the
intellectual excersise, wouldn't it be nice if Python would get a
framework "for the rest of us" (meaning: mere mortals) which would focus
upon getting work done in a simple manner instead of creating yet
another, new, h
worzel wrote:
What is the best way to web developemnt with Python? Is there anything
close to PHP style in-page script placement that can create and use
other Python objects?
Spyce ( http://spyce.sf.net ) is what you're looking for. I
was looking exactly for the same thing as you are - a PHP w
Bob Smith wrote:
With terms such as "blabbering Unix donkeys" and "sloppy perl monkeys"
I would say that the monkey-mind is indeed one that is enamoured
with obfuscation and complicated gadgetry for its own sake.
Ever wonder why no one has ever considered using the phrase
"Zen of Perl"? (yes, it
Wow, Venster looks cool and to think I've never
heard of it before. I knew following this
newsgroup would pay off one day...
Luke Skywalker wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:15:36 +0100, Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Well, venster. Although it is most certainly alpha. But with some
work..
Still, what I think would appeal to a lot of people
(although they might not know it yet) as a GUI solution
for Python is Mozilla XUL with all the RDF and XPCOM
crap surgically removed from it.
If you've ever tried a couple of basic XUL tutorials, I
think you would be convinced that XUL is an even
This would be funny except for the fact that there are
actually people out there who will take this seriously.
http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html
Don't forget Python == Snake == Serpent == ...
;-D
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> python.org = 194.109.137.226
>
> 194 + 109 + 137 + 226 = 666
>
> What is
Max M wrote:
Jan Dries wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And there is hope for Python, as Guido has recently been seen with a
beard :-)
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/-big/IMG_3061.jpg
LOL, he is working on linux, isn't he?
So it was about bloody time.
Guido Van Rossum is now wor
Skip Montanaro wrote:
Yes, perhaps. Note that it doesn't appear that the Wayback Machine contains
the meat of the essay, just the front page. It came from a wiki. Perhaps
Most of the text seems to be there, but there are some critical
diagrams (images) which the Wayback Machine did not archive.
Anyone know of a cached copy where the photos are present?
The whole thing makes little sense with the photos gone.
Pierre Quentel wrote:
http://khason.biz/blog/2004/12/why-microsoft-can-blow-off-with-c.html
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Terry Reedy wrote:
It would hardly make more sense with the photos.
The photos would be graphic evidence and would make
it more entertaining to read through.
"Not the law is clear? There is a beard - there is a success.
There is no beard - you are guilty. "
Terry J. Reedy
And what about the moust
Can someone summarize in a nutshell what is the
difference between JPype and JPE?
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I don't get it.
If the consumer and the producer are separate threads,
why does the consumer thread block when the producer
thread is generating a new board? Or why does it
take forever for the producer thread to be pre-empted?
Also, I don't understand why the solution works.
How does sleeping for
I sure as hell bet it didn't too.
Fuzzyman wrote:
John Thingstad wrote:
--
huygens lands on titan
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
http://www.opera.com/m2/
I bet it didn't...
Regards,
Fuzzy
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml
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Michael McGarry wrote:
I intend to use a scripting language for GUI development and front end
code for my simulations in C. I want a language that can support SQL,
Sockets, File I/O, and shell interaction.
In my experience, Python is definitely much more suitable than Perl
for the first four area
projecktzero wrote:
A co-worker considers himself "old school" in that he hasn't seen the
light of OOP.(It might be because he's in love with Perl...but that's
another story.) He thinks that OOP has more overhead and is slower than
programs written the procedural way.
The problem with OOP is not o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone know which is faster? I'm a PHP programmer but considering
getting into Python ... did searches on Google but didn't turn much up
on this.
Thanks!
Stephen
If you're talking about usage as a server side scripting
language, then PHP will likely give better page servin
There are objects whose repr() is not the same
as what gets printed out when you apply the
print statement to them. Usually these are
complex objects like exceptions.
Example:
>>> import smtplib
>>> server=smtplib.SMTP("smtp.yourisp.com")
>>> try:
server.sendmail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
Thanks, man! That was one fast reply...
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon Perez wrote:
>
>
>>Question:
>>
>>Is there a way to somehow put the output of 'print exc_obj' into
>>a string?
>
>
> Ther
Joe wrote:
> Is Python going to support s syntax the does not use it's infamous
> whitespace rules? I recall reading that Python might include such a
> feature. Or, maybe just a brace-to-indentation preprocessor would be
> sufficient.
Nope never.
Because that would destroy one of the most importa
Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
>>>Is Python going to support s syntax the does not use it's infamous
>>>whitespace rules?
>
>
> Of course.
>
> I estimate it will take around 1 to 2 years from now, until this
> whitespace-concept will become optionally.
>
> Backwards-compatibility will be kept, thus
thakadu wrote:
> While I have no doubt that there are lousy browsers out there, the
> problem is not only with browsers, but also I agree with you its not
> Python's fault. The issue is that the code I am pasting may have used a
> DIFFERENT indentation scheme, so lets say I used four spaces and th
Joe wrote:
> As for me, I'm not suggesting that braces are better than indentation.
> In fact, requiring indentation is a good idea, and I agree that braces
> can be quite ugly. It is the lack of visible block closing when there's
> more than one level that I dislike.
> ... I'm talking about doub
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