Hello there - A small voice in the wilderness ... I am trying to delve back into scientific programming after many years absence. In the sixities (really) I was a Fortran programmer. My last scientific coding of any significance used BBC Basic (well-written, I would claim ... and for a very sophisticated engineering requirement) around 1983. So, I have been "out of it" for a long time. I have been exclusively a Mac user for about 22 years now. I attempted to resurrect my skills with RealBasic but abandoned that because the result is not platform independent. I looked at Java and gave up in disgust ... I found Python and thought that this was the "answer to a maidens prayer". A couple of weeks later, I still feel it would be, except I need help with a pin to unpick the lock on the chastity belt, as it were. I am left with the impression that there is a complicated software infrastructure underlying Python which is difficult to control and horribly temperamental. I need someone to talk to!!!! I live in the wilds of Anglesey and there are only rain-soaked sheep here. Can anyone throw me a lifeline?
I also have a very specific question, concerning a problem which has me at an absolute stop ..... please remember I am VERY new to Python on the Mac. The specific problem is this .... I have been writing some very simple math applications and running them using IDLE. To start with the applications worked OK. However,as time has progressed, the error message "ImportError: No module named ****" has been generated with increasing frequency. It has now become impossible to use Python effectively. For example, I create a small file called MiniLibrary.py and save it to the desktop. I type at the >>> prompt, in the terminal window import MiniLibrary. At one time this would have generated a new file MiniLibrary.pyc on the desktop and returned a new prompt >>>. No longer. Now the error message "ImportError: No module named MiniLibrary". Further information: I am running Python 2.5.1. The computer is a Dual G5 Power PC running OSX 10.4.10. Can anyone help? I am at my wits end and quietly contemplating giving up all attempts at scientific programming on a Mac. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Feeds available at http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
