Re: Distributing programs
A non-python programming friend of mine has said that any programs made with Python must be distributed with, or an alternative link, to the source of the program. Yes, and you must also include a blank sheet, signed by you in blood. Seriously, whatever the license of Python itself is, a program you have *written in Python* (which Iassume you are referring to) is completely yours. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: micro-python - is it possible?
No, not a tiny microcontroller environment. In the microcontroller world, tiny means 100 bytes of ram and 4KB of code space. That's medium :) PIC10F200: 256 12-bit instructions, 16 bytes RAM. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Doubt C and Python
I use Python when my time is most valuable (in most cases it is), in the very few cases the computer's time is more valuable I write in C/C++. In cases when the computer's time is more valuable, why not use CPython with C/C++ API? Only most time consuming parts can be replaced to C/C++ codes so as to increase the speed up to native C/C++ programs). That assumes that one knows which are the most time-consuming parts, that they are few (which is typically, but not always, the case) and that they are 'fit' to be transferred to the C/C++ domain. The one application I have written the last few years that probably would not be fit to this approach is a compiler (Jal). It spends most of its time walking the annotated syntax tree, with a lot of code contributing rather evenly to the CPU time. Don't take me wrong, IIRC that is the *only* PC program I have written the last few years for which I selected the language and the language was not Python :) But I mainly program PICs. Where is the 10F200 Python interpreter when you need one? Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: python image thumbnail generator?
I'm thinking it would be nice and easy, if we could just upload a jpg into a dir called gallery/. When the client clicks the gallery link, a cgi script could search the gallery/ dir, and create thumbnails of any jpeg images that don't already have a thumbnail associated with them. The script could then generate a page of clickable thumbnails. I dunno about the scripting aspect, but I use Python to generate my website, I already had the images (of the products I sell). I used PIL to generate thumbnails of the images. I think it took 2 or 3 lines of Python - that is: for me. PIL is of course a bit more. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Should I move to Amsterdam?
True. Unless you have two proper locks. In that case your bike will last a very long time. Nope. You will probably retrieve your two locks from the fencing you attached them to (if you did!), with your bike gone. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
file access dialog
I have a tool in Python to which I want to add a small GUI. The tools currently runs everywhere PySerial is supported. I need a file-access dialog. What is the preffered way to to this? Is there a platform-independent file-access dialog available, or should I use the windows native version when running on windows (and how do I do that)? Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: file access dialog
Tkinter has a file acces dialog available with the same API on all platforms. It is also mapped to the standard dialog on Windows. Since Tkinter is certainly installed by default with Python, if a file dialog is everything you need, you probably don't have to look further. Great :) Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Should I move to Amsterdam?
Nice little series by Seth Stevenson for Americans daydreaming about emigration. Somewhere, anywhere ... maybe Amsterdam? I've never been to the Netherlands myself, but it sounds very civilized. It used to be, until some lunatic (alledged to be a left-winger) killed an (alledged right-wing) politician, and another (alledged muslim-extremist) lunatic killed an (alledged right- or left-wing, depends on who you ask) cineast. We used to be a place where everything happens a few years later, but we are catching up! :( But I fondly remember the classes I had at the Delft university by Lambert Meertens about the ABC language, which is the forerunner of Python. :) Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Doubt C and Python
I want to know the link between c and python. Apart from the fact that the inner part of Python is written in C I know no link? Some people with C background use Python instead of programming in C.why? I use Python when my time is most valuable (in most cases it is), in the very few cases the computer's time is more valuable I write in C/C++. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Doubt C and Python
For me, the choice is typically among C++, Perl, Python, and Java. The arguments for Python relative to these languages are: add: I develop on my platform (which happens to be XP, but that is irrelevant), I put the Python source on my website, and I never worry about the platform my users will be using. An those users don't need to know how to compile a program, it will just run. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
