Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Introduction to 3D Graphics Programing

2007-01-08 Thread ajsiegel
Xah Lee wrote: > Here's their license: > http://www.vpython.org/webdoc/visual/license.txt > > I read it wrong before. > Thanks for correction. > > This is superb! I'll be looking into vpython! > > Xah Of course it does what it does by resort to OpenGL and C++, so is part of the problem ;) I am l

Re: deriving from complex

2006-03-08 Thread ajsiegel
Meant: http://codespeak.net/svn/pypy/dist/pypy/module/__builtin__/app_complex.py -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: deriving from complex

2006-03-08 Thread ajsiegel
Schüle Daniel wrote: > thank you > I will have to take a closer look on __new__ > > Regards, Daniel The pypy implementation of the complex builtin may give you some clues. I found it helpful. http://codespeak.net/svn/pypy/dist/pypy/lib/cmath.py Art -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Detecting line endings

2006-02-07 Thread ajsiegel
Arthur wrote: > Arthur wrote: > Is my premise that tokenizer needs universal newline support to be > reliable correct? > > What else could put it out of sync with the complier? Anybody out there? Is my question, and the real world issue that provked it, unclear. Is the answer too obvious? Hav

re: variable declaration

2005-01-31 Thread ajsiegel
MT writes - >In summary, again with all due respect and gratitude for the >spectacularly excellent product that Python is today, I wonder *why* >this strong aversion to declarative statements, and *whether* decorator >syntax constitutes a violation of it. I'd appreciate any responses or >links

re: Marketing reST (was Re: What YAML engine do you use

2005-01-29 Thread ajsiegel
Aahz writes - >While I can see how you'd get that impression of reST, it's not true: >like Python, reST is intended to be simpl*er* and readable, but not >simple. Really? ;) Thanks for taking this one on. I was tempted. But scared ;) I find reST quite useful. Not a very sophisticated way

Another scripting language implemented into Python itself?

2005-01-27 Thread ajsiegel
Cameron writes: >Pronouns quickly overload me. On a reread of my post, me, we and they and I all sympathize. >f you're saying that there's hysteria >afoot, much of it about the harm that might come through use of >computers left unprotected from evildoers, well, yes, I'm with you. >Most peop

Python design strategy (was Python evolution: Unease)

2005-01-04 Thread ajsiegel
Viile writes - >Type declarations are a feature that might benefit IronPython and >Jython more than they would CPython. How much is this part of Guido's decisionmaking process? Guido is , IMO, very much a strategist, as well as a language designer. That's good, I think. However it seems to me