Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 30)

QOTW: "AFAICT, _everybody_ is bad at programming C++.

One begins to suspect it's not the fault of the programmers." - Grant Edwards


Mixing integer, float, Decimal and Fraction objects when comparing may
yield unexpected results:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/eebc7ee9d9f2ffb0/

Usually class attributes don't have a docstring attached - how to
define one?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/18a8c3f09ac02f85/

How do people manage their development and production environments
(apt, .deb/.rpm, virtualenv, eggs...)?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/5d14be5d870f1600/

A real counterexample to the "Python is slow" usual claim (C++ and
Python versions of the same CPU intensive task have similar performance):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a63979a6f18bf37/

Implementing (some kind of) "proxy" object to multiple delegates (step
by step, and with changing requirements!)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a917e13bf0ea261f/

Should a library terminate program execution when it encounters an error?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f01d514fbe3183ad/

An attempt to explain how closures and dynamic scope work:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c6463402371857dc/


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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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