Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:35:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 15)
From: "Cameron Laird" <claird@NeoSoft.com>

    The effbot automates answers to the most common introspective
    questions:  What are my {functions,methods,classes}?
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=552444703
    imports modules synthesized as strings
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=621152936
    and converts Latin-1 to UTF-8
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=622559726

    Measurement is a good thing.  Measurement of Zope performance
    might even be an important thing
        http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/zope_benchmarks/benchmarks.html

    Warren Postma creates lightweight database objects
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=623717108
  
    Randall Hopper says a Python wrapper for "an industrial-strength
    scientific/data visualization package, now open-source" is in
    the works
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=623648095

    Michael Hudson and Nick Mathewson reveal intimate details of
    their currying lives
        http://x27.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=623342690

    The Python FAQTS is turning into quite a high-quality resource
        http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/


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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

      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 FAQTS
          http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/

      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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