Re: [Edu-sig] multiplying permutations

2011-03-10 Thread kirby urner
Here's some verbiage on math-teach giving some context for the just-posted source code: http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7403815&tstart=0 There's a perennial thread on some math teaching groups as to whether multiplication should be conveyed as "repeated addition", which often seems

[Edu-sig] multiplying permutations

2011-03-10 Thread Kirby Urner
""" Source code for math-teach post by Kirby Urner / OST (c) GNU Public License, 2011 """ import string, random charset = list(string.ascii_lowercase + " ") def make_perm( ): "make some random permutation object mapping " ",a-z into itself" target = charset[:] # copy all random.shuf

[Edu-sig] another IDE option

2011-03-10 Thread kirby urner
For those already using Visual Studio: http://pytools.codeplex.com/ Kirby not @ Pycon === roland garros to comp-lang-pyth. show details 9:49 PM (17 hours ago) Hi folks, A couple of Python & OSS enthusiasts at msft have produced an add-in for Visual Studio that enables intellisense, browsing,

Re: [Edu-sig] Which shell to use

2011-03-10 Thread kirby urner
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Gregor Lingl schrieb: > > Some might prefer a monospaced font like the beautiful "Liberation Mono" > (GNU General Public License) for instance. Using a non monospace font can be > irritating sometimes concerning the indentation. > > I should check that out. Fonts