by David Ascher - DejaNews: [1]
Python-URL is back! Here are the latest news from the Python world.
From the hacks & ports category:
- Will Ware dove into the Python core to allow microthreads (threads of operation which work in a single system thread). This is similar in spirit to some of work done by Christian Tismer for his "Stackless Python", and there are rumors that the former will be adapted to the latter http://world.std.com/~wware/uthread.html http://www.pns.cc/stackless/stackless.htm (see DN507505476)
- Python is routinely ported to embedded systems. A Finnish group is making their port public, and soliciting feedback on this work http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/
- Greg Ewing puts forth a patch to add lexical scoping to Python (see DN510811241) http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/lexscope.html
-
Max Skaller apparently has a new implementation of Python in the works with speed in mind http://x42.deja.com/
From the gotta-have-a-usenet-discussion-every-now-and-then-discussion:
- for + else = ??? (see DN505752853)
-
YAPPW (Yet Another Perl Python War) starts at http://x42.deja.com/
-
A new keyword is almost proposed, from of all people Tom Christiansen http://x42.deja.com/
From the power tools department:
- The latest SWIG release has support for Python keyword arguments and better shadow class support http://www.egroups.com/group/swig/1181.html?
- Python Imaging Library (PIL) version 1.0 is out http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
- Too many news in the Zope front to go into in detail, but foremost is a new site layout and several Zope 2.0 beta releases http://www.zope.org/
- Numeric Python release 12 beta now uses ExtensionClasses ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/python/LLNLDistribution12beta.tgz
- Paul Dubois' PyFort is a tool for interfacing NumPy to Fortran (see DN510814523)
- SCXX is a lightweight take on Paul Dubois's CXX by Gordon McMillan which promises to require less of your C++ compiler (see DN510361661)
From the events and public relations department:
- Local Python users groups are sprouting, and they seem to be called PIGgies!. The San Francisco Bay Area has one, as does the Washington DC area. Where will the next one crop up? http://www.baypiggies.org/ http://www.python.org/Events.html#dcpiggies
- Bruce Eckel, a C++ and Java trainer and book author, has picked up the Python bug, and is planning what sounds like a neat Python workshop -- learn Python in five days in mountains by writing something useful http://www.eckelobjects.com/PythonProjectWorkshop/index.html
- The O'Reilly conference is soon upon us http://conferences.oreilly.com/python/
- The next International Python Conference has a revised call for papers with new dates http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/cfp.html
Last modified
1999-09-27
1999-09-27
(195.108.246.51)
Note: you are looking at
the snapshot of an old wiki
- much of this information
is likely to be very outdated