Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:29:35 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 28)
From: "Gordon McMillan" <gmcm@hypernet.com>

The holiday week brought Pythondom three nice new shiny packages:

    Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer announces that Version 3.10 of
    PySol is here (128 solitaire card games in one!):
         http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html

    Kevin Dahlhausen announces pyhints - a script that scans
    Python source and builds a hint script for VIM (prompts
    you with function signatures):
         http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563701938

    Paul Sheer announces KOALA 0.9.0, a database / GUI forms
    package for postgres and Gnome (uses Python 1.5.1):
         http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=565059802

    Bernard Herzog uncovers the reason why maintaining two
    Python installations on Linux is difficult:
        http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563559697

    Ng Pheng Siong provides a nice overview what must be done
    to use urllib with differnt sorts of firewalls:
        http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563817592

    In the Windows / COM world, we got two nice overviews:

    Eugene Goodrich provides hints for those doing ASP coding:
        http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=564839534
    John Nielsen (via Mark Hammond) offers help to those stuck
    with administering Exchange on NT (or using Python/COM with
    ADSI):
         http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563607231

    Andrew M. Kuchling updates his "Python warts" page to reflect
    the most recent rounds of discussion on Python's shortcomings:
        http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/python/warts.html


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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

      The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources
          http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/   

      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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