QOTW: "When did we come to the idea that people should be able to program in a language without actually learning it? The fact that Python comes so close to that possibility is nothing short of revolutionary. I suppose one day a reasoning android will be able to sit down at the terminal of a star ship computer and ask simple questions while making random hand movements across a screen, but for now I am afraid that programmers still have to learn programming." - D'Arcy J.M. Cain - 2011-05-11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/690140
Fast way to convert a set into a list: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a3c72619c1e867e3/ 'Still time to submit a proposal to PyCon India 2011: http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/05/pycon-india-2011-call-for-proposals.html How to make sure equal objects are unique: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a8889b7a327756dd/ generator.send() explained: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/953c8f1f8a5f73ed/ "object of different types never compare equal", a documentation bug: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6ceb3a40dc263f25/ Ofuscating code: not a good idea http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f887168ca476618f/ Summer pyGames Registration opens: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/05/summer-pygames-registration-open.html The proper way to handle errors: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9c6a47de6bf8b352/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/79c38e653587d4a/ A long thread, now discussing an O(log n) algorithm for computing the Fibonacci sequence: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b713b14e3e0d9872/e9e64fa9a0348ad8?lnk=gst#e9e64fa9a0348ad8 Implementing a multi-dimensional array: a short but insightful response from Robert Kern: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f20a6522369d2bbe/ SciPy 2011, Austin, Texas, 11-16 July 2011: http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2011/index.php Unicode for dummies :-) : http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/23d8592a9170e26e/ ======================================================================== 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 Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers Planet Python: you want to visit there: http://planet.python.org But don't confuse it with Planet SciPy: http://planet.scipy.org And don't confuse *that* with SciPyTip, a high-quality daily (!) tip for the numerically-inclined: http://twitter.com/SciPyTip Python Insider is the official blog of the Python core development team: http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/python-dev-launches-python-insider-blog.html 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/ Keep up with the PSF at "Python Software Foundation News": http://pyfound.blogspot.com The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiasts": http://pythonpapers.org/ Doug Hellman's "Module of the week" is essential reading: http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/ 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/ 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 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 nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the intelligence to distinguish between Python code and comments. 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