QOTW:  "IIRC the idea was so that managers could write programs in English.
It failed because nobody could write a parser that would handle something
like 'The bottom line is that the stakeholder group requires the situation
going forward to be such as to facilitate the variable known as x to provide
the same outcome when stimulated by dereferencing as the variable known as
y'." - John Machin
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/aefcc0ca19f6d9b3,
    from his oral history of COBOL

    
    A problem with async_chat.push and why it works that way:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491027.html
    
    How to remove dictionary entries when iterating over it:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491739.html
    
    Classmethods: why do they exist, and its behavior compared with metaclass
    methods:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491280.html
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491793.html

    Free PDFs of *Python Magazine* available:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/advocacy/2008-May/000587.html
    
    Two problems due to the "all objects are comparable by default" philosophy 
    in Python 2.x:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491600.html
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491388.html
    
    A hundred ways of writing the FizzBuzz test - and whether it is effective
    or not:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/490584.html
    
    Why to learn Python if one doesn't have to:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/490856.html
    
    How to create a restricted (safer) Python environment:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/490705.html
    
    How to emulate the "indexed property" concept from Object Pascal:
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/491354.html
    
    
========================================================================
Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:

    Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    marvelous daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily
    Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
    World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
         http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html
    While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
    are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
    their results.

    Just beginning with Python?  This page is a great place to start:
        http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

    The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats":
        http://pythonpapers.org/
    The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
        http://pythonmagazine.com

    Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
        http://planetpython.org
        http://planet.python.org

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
        
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
    Updates appear more-than-weekly:
        http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
    to all sorts of Python resources.
        http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/

    Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
    mailing lists
        http://www.python.org/sigs/

    Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
    match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
    subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
        http://www.pythonology.com/success

    The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
    Consortium as an independent nexus of activity.  It has official
    responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
        http://www.python.org/psf/
    Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
        http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html

    Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches.
        http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch

    Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
    hyperlinks retains a few gems.
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
    interesting recipes.
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python

    Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
    Watch this space for links to them.

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
        http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
        http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
        http://python.de/backend.php
    For more, see
        http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
        http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

    The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
    [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
    of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

    del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/python

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Archive probing tricks of the trade:
        
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        
http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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