Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:13:30 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 9) From: "Cameron Laird" <claird@NeoSoft.com> Like most significant inventions, Unicode opens more questions than it answers http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=619982915 SOAP is in the news http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-26-2000/0001202060&EDATE= http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CorEnqbWbu0zuvteYn&FQ=PythonWare http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/ Software Carpentry announced its first-round winners http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/first-round.html O'Reilly is sponsoring more Python content for the Web. Among the riches: Eric Hagemann's introduction to Python numerics http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/python/2000/05/03/numerically.html and a hint that there might be a budget for support of the long-fantasized CPAN-like Python outpost http://x28.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=619371970 Yet another company based on Python is born http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=618383752 Dieter Maurer scripts audio CD playback http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=619735149 and Intel scripts the IA-{32,64}'s rough equivalent of BIOS http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=621181694 A second Gordon demonstrates his talent for making Win*-based Python comprehensible. This case has to do with the Borland Command Line Compiler http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=619698470 ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org eff-bot's complements this digest with his daily python url http://hem.passagen.se/eff/url.htm Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.