Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:09:11 -0500 (CDT) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Oct 23) From: Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> Alex Martelli posts hints on math operators, coercion, and percedence. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=681973080 Huaiyu Zhu continues a discussion on IEEE 754 support. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=682161858 Guido van Rossum announces Python 2.0 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=682307154 Garry Hodges solicits proposals for tutorials at next year's Python Conference. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=682492846 Olivier Dagenais shows how to "watch" variables for debugging. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=683166457 Michael Haggerty suggests an extension for tuple unpacking. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=683652600 Alex Martelli on assertions and exceptions. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=683787264 ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source", which is becoming increasingly true in 2000 http://www.pythonlabs.com/ PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ 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 Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html 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.