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QOTW:  "I read with pleasure all the thread saying that `roundup' has an
email interface, is actively being improved, and could replace the SF
tracker. Let us hope it will be more usable than its precessors!  You
know, the real goal of all this is allowing for simple and humble
communication between humans, about the knowledge of a problem.  I
surely used to be a very active reporter for all problems I saw
everywhere, at the time maintainers were still reachable.  When the
effort gets too frustrating, sadly, one might feel less inclined to
offer contributions, and rather choose to enjoy more of the sun, music,
and life! :-)" -- François Pinard on python-dev, Jun 1 2002


    Travis N. Vaught announces a Python for Scientific Computing Workshop
    at CalTech, Pasadena, CA September 5-6, 2002.  This workshop provides
    a unique opportunity to learn and affect what is happening in the
    realm of scientific computing with Python.  Space is limited.
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1024366882.23776.python-list@python.org
    
    On the question of text to html conversion, Gilles point to
    StructuredText in Zope as a package that can be used "standalone".
    He also provides a dozen lines of code as a start:
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=aen4n1$35b$1@norfair.nerim.net
    
    The European Python and Zope Conference 2002 happens June 26-28 in
    Charleroi, Belgium.  It promises to be a great show.
    ...for general information, see
        http://europython.zope.nl
    ...and for schedule and information on the talks being given see
       http://europython.zope.nl/sessions/talks
    
    Fernando Perez on tools for python in science, in response to a question
    of experiences teaching Biology students with python support.
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=aeqfuh$88n$1@peabody.colorado.edu
    
    Lamy Jean-Baptiste releases TreeWidget 0.2 a pure-Python tree widget
    for Tkinter...
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1024601110.13018.clpa-moderators@python.org
    ...and EventObj 0.2, a pure Python module that allows to add modification
    callback (=event) to any Python object (including lists and dicts).
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1024601109.12981.clpa-moderators@python.org
    
    Gerhard Haring asks if a python based procmail replacement exists, and
    Radovan Garabik reminds us that he's written one...
       http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=mailman.1024444823.19953.python-list@python.org
    ...Francois Pinard also posts a summary of additional options...
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1024451876.25700.python-list@python.org
    
    Tom Loredo needs to move into Windows and asks for advise on proceeding:
       http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=3D110B55.4D8AD7FA@astro.cornell.edu
    
    Steven M. Castellotti gets help connecting to the Microsoft Speech API
    to synthesize Text-To-Speech output, then posts the working result:
       http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=U_6Q8.39803$ks6.8500@nwrddc02.gnilink.net
    
    Here's a discussion on implementing and representing infinity (eg 1e400)
    in python but if you use it, be sure to test on the target platforms.
       http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=3d11ee9b$1@news.swissonline.ch
    
    Anyone ever needed a Queue with timeout?  Chris Liechti posts a working
    implementation.
       http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Xns9234F249D7D85cliechtigmxnet@62.2.16.82
    
    Angela Williams asks for clarification on Python's FAQ 6.26. Why no goto?
    One gem I found in this thread was a counter proposal for COME FROM...
      * Example:
           10 J=1
           11 COME FROM 20
           12 WRITE (6,40) J STOP
           13 COME FROM 10
           20 J=J+2
           40 FORMAT (14)
      * Explanation:
    In this example, J is set to 1 by statement 10. Statement 13 then
    causes control to be passed to statement 20, which sets J to 3.
    Statement 11 then causes control to be passed to statement 12, which
    writes the current value of J. The STOP statement then terminates the
    program.
    ...For more like this, see (Thank Carl Banks for the pointer)
       http://www.fortran.com/fortran/come_from.html
    ...For the current discussion on GOTO and python, start here:
       http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=uh1s1qdcl5b1b0@news.supernews.com
    
    One lump or two?  If you're easily distracted by the rules of
    punctuation, you may want to follow this thread on python-dev:
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-June/025074.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 traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  
    Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
    World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
	 http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html 
    While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
    are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
    their results.

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Michael Hudson continued Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition
    of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every
    other week, into July 2001.  Any volunteers to re-start this
    valuable series?
        http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/
        http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

    The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect 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/

    The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium
    as an independent nexus of activity
        http://www.python.org/psf/

    Cetus does much of the same
	http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
	http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
	http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html
     
    The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
    editor@pythonjournal.com and editor@pythonjournal.cognizor.com
    welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
    of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive
    what AI can generate
        http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python

    Tenth International Python Conference 
        http://www.python10.org            

    Archive probing tricks of the trade:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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