Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:57:20 -0500 (CDT) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 7) From: Grant Edwards <claird@neosoft.com> Paul Jackson's analysis of start-up times for Python and Perl. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=652983262 Guido van Rossum posts a statement from Bob Weiner, BeOpen's CTO, about the Python license. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=653469973 Phil Thompson announces VeePee 0.2 (was Visual Python): a toolset to allows developers to easily embed Python as a GUI enabled scripting language in Gnome or KDE applications. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=653554515 Neil Hodgson posts a link to video of talk on CP4E by GvR. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=653892746 Huaiyu Zhu presents a Python Extension Proposal: Adding new math operators. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=653963437 Michael Reilly announces mimecntl 1.5: a module to read/write MIME objects. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=654043626 Aaron Berg announces pysd 1.1: a python esound wrapper. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=654425771 Jeremy Hylton on merging Stackless Python with Python 2.0. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=654557414 Guido van Rossum announces release of Python 1.6b1. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=654636985 A. M. Kuchling's python-dev summary for July 16-31 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=654663468 ======================================================================== 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://python.faqts.com/ 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 Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. [http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.