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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:53:12 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 21)
From: "Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com>

new! you can now get your daily dose of URL stuff at:
    http://hem.passagen.se/eff/url.htm
(thanks to the totally awesome "blogger" tool, from www.pyra.com )

    Last call for papers to the ORA conference:
        http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/call.html

    IPC8 proceedings now available:
        http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/proceedings.html

    ReportLab: Yet another Python-powered company:
        http://www.reportlab.com

    The PIDDLE graphics library has a new site:
        http://piddle.sourceforge.net

    In the news: Fast, Free Prototyping in Python (from Software
    Development Online):
        http://www.sdmagazine.com/features/2000/03/source.shtml

    IDLE 0.5 is released:
        http://www.python.org/idle

    Michael Ströder: web2ldap, a full-featured LDAPv2+ client
        http://www.web2ldap.de/

    Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer: PySol version 3.40 (now 163 games)
        http://pysol.tsx.org

    (btw, don't miss the Great PySol Poll):
        http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol-poll.shtml

    Michael Ray Steed: Python interface for the GDChart graphics
    library (release 0.3):
        http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/msteed/software/gdchart.html

    Georg Mischler: Scripting Autocad with Python
        http://starship.python.net/crew/schorsch/py_acad.html

    Ng Pheng Siong: classes for arbitrary-precision decimal numbers
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=586379745
        http://www.post1.com/home/ngps/fin/

    Denys Duchier: Continuations Made Simple and Illustrated
        http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~duchier/python/continuations.html

    Fredrik Lundh: where to start if you haven't programmed before
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=587527690

    Jeff Shelton on the Zopebox: what's wrong with Zope?
        http://weblogs.userland.com/zopeNewbies/2000/02/15

    Fredrik Lundh: how to evaluate code in the calling function's
    namespace:
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=586687655

    Grant Edwards and Cameron Laird: why Tkinter uses libtcl, and
    what can be done about that:
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=587321233

    James Henstridge: where to find Python-Fu scripting for GIMP:
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=584471553

    Finally, we're proud to announce Eff-Bot's Daily Python-URL:
        http://hem.passagen.se/eff/url.htm


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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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