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From: Mike Orr <mso@oz.net>
Subject: README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Jan 24)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 99 03:38:54 GMT

Instant Python is a 6-page tutorial on Python with lots of examples.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434716455
	http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~mlh/different.html

    MacPython 1.5.2b1 (beta of Python for the Macintosh).
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=435400839
	http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html
	ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac

    Python 1.5.2b1 (beta) for RedHat Linux (precompiled) has recent
    changes.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713457

    mxODBC 1.0.0 is an interface to several database systeems.  Complies
    with ODBC 2.0 and (almost) with the Python Database API.  Requires
    mxDateTime.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=436150683
	http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxODBC.html
	http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxDateTime.html

    An analysis of COAS (Caldera Open Administration System) appears in
    Linux Journal (February 1999).  COAS provides a common front-end for
    computer configuration files.  Discusses why they chose Python over
    other languages.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=435767268
	http://www.coas.org/
	http://developer.coas.org/

    cplay is a player for mpg123 sound files.  Requires mpg123 >= 0.59o
    and curses.  Tested only under Linux.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713459
	http://lemon.tky.hut.fi/linux/cplay/

    PySol 2.02, a new version of the solitaire card game.  (requires
    Tkinter)
	http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html

    Compiler Framework classes for scanning, parsing & AST traversal.
    Based on "Compiling Little Languages in Python", a paper presented
    at IPC7.
	http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=434713458

    Thread on when to use a factory function.  That is, a function that
    decides which of several similar (sub)classes to instantiate and
    returns a new instance.
	http://www.dejanews.com/thread/435363098

    Tutorials on sockets, GUIs, graphs/paths/nodes, prototyping, and
    analyzing C code, all with Python examples.
	http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/python.html


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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