From: Mike Orr <mso@oz.net>
Subject: README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Jan  4)
Date: 4 Jan 1999 16:36:08 -0600

This was a quiet week.  No doubt people were watching the new year sail in
rather than hacking at their keyboards.

    PyMat 1.0  (interface between NumPy arrays and a MATLAB V5
    engine session).
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=426102457
	http://www-personal.umich.edu/~asterian/Python

    Webpage on using GTK/GNOME with Python (GUI widgets,
    alternative to Tkinter).
	http://www.uml.edu/Dept/Chem/BICGroup/PyGTools/

    pyslang 0.1.0 (interface to the SLang library) Text
    graphics, alternative to curses.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=428158680
	ftp://quasar.ipa.nw.ru/pub/avv/Python/pyslang/

    Ongoing debate on esoteric calendars has useful info
    for calendar enthusiasts.  Subject: Time class.  Some
    of the best articles start around Dec 23 1998.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=424667574
	
    Website & book on COM (the Microsoft way to share objects
    from different sources).  Recommended by Cameron Laird
    and Steven Majewski.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425243774
	http://www.develop.com/dbox/default.asp
	http://www.develop.com/dbox/combook/

    binstring.py converts hex numbers to/from binary.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425424478

    Humor on patents, from our ever-prolific Tim Peters <0.999 wink>.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425465796

    Humor regarding Guido's time machine, from Mike Fletcher.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425798188


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

      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

      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


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  http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html
or
  http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21


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