Python-URL! - 1999/12/07

by Gordon McMillan - DejaNews: [1]

While the Mars Lander appears to be dead, python.org came back to life within 48 hrs (creating, however, considerable disruption in the flow of it's mail lists).

• Mike Fletcher gives a summary of Python 3D projects: (see DN556166543) Norman Vine expands: (see DN556247544)
• In a thread on XML-RPC, Fredrik contributes pointers to info on SOAP (basically, an expansion of XML-RPC): (see DN556542767)
• Interest in type safety has made a comeback after nearly a year's hiatus: David Jeske <jeske@egroups.net> gives us a pointer to his PyLint: (see DN557442122) http://www.chat.net/~jeske/Projects/PyLint/download/pylint-19991121.py And the Type-SIG has come back to life: http://www.python.org/sigs/types-sig/
• vim users get loads of suggestions in the thread: (thread [2])
• A new feature on the Job's board page: http://www.python.org/Jobs.html lets you search certain job search websites for Python jobs.
• The origins of the tim-bot and eff-bot are exposed: (see DN238330113) (see DN336718323) (see DN358532977)
• Reminder of this year's conference: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/