QOTW: "Knowing C++ does tend to be a bit of a handicap, but I think
any competent programmer could learn Python." - Grant Edwards
Introducing Python to others - which amazing features to show?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6e366356eca17c98/
Do deep inheritance trees degrade efficiency?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b6d3bc9aabaa1c2/
Don't use "is" to compare bound methods:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/649d8c41ae7da979/
Using a dictionary to represent a "sparse" mapping:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/37799c1005fd238/
From linked lists to state machines: different ways to represent the
same structure:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/18b1db683ee947a2/
The next() builtin for iterators may take a not-so-well-known second
argument:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/71af51f9dbd606f/
Python as a shell scripting language:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/dde1046e530afee1/
What does "64-bit Python" mean exactly?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f2de87ea01d6e28d/
The best way to check for an empty list:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d675130d1be127a0/
Garbage collection, cyclic references and finalizers discussed:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/82ebfec89bcc906c/
Why methods like x.tolist() aren't widely used (and we use list(x)
instead) http:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b2040ed503581f15/
Relative imports are *not* the same as relative #include in C/C++:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/5056d44549082313/
Doing multiple calls to Py_Initialize/Py_Finalize isn't safe:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7b8eef94aa2af6f7/
3.1a1 file I/O is much faster than 3.0, and this greatly impacts pickle
performance:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1bb5c57a8f2e736e/
The decline of c.l.p over the years (according to some!)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ad08eb9eb83a4e61/d30aaa479aa3c2a8?#d30aaa479aa3c2a8
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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
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/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics
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/donations/
The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions.
http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date
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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/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, see:
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
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/
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
Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8
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