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2002-04-25 Thread Michael Petry
Anybody out there? Just wonderin _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ___ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.A

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2002-04-25 Thread Jose Guevarra
Yea I noticed that this list isn't very 'Active' too On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 13:54, Michael Petry wrote: > Anybody out there? > Just wonderin > > > > _ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >

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2002-04-25 Thread Joseph Youngquist
Anybody out there? Just wonderin Anybody out there? Just wonderin *echos in e-mail* =P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Petry Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PRO

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2002-04-25 Thread Patricia J. Hawkins
> "MP" == Michael Petry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MP> Anybody out there? MP> Just wonderin Nope, no one at all. -- Patricia J. Hawkins Hawkins Internet Applications, LLC ___ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://

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2002-04-25 Thread mark_mcgrath
Hey, I've got a question. What are the advantages of using python as oppose to perl? I'm new to python(and perl too but not as new as I am to python). ThanKs Mark -Original Message- From: Joseph Youngquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL

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2002-04-25 Thread Andrea Pertosa
Ok, so since noone seems to be around I would like to start a discussion. How much do you think Python is going to change from release to release? I am a newbie but I couldn't help noticing that many additions and removals are implemented with each new version. Sorta like: you might spend hours i

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2002-04-25 Thread Stefan Kuzminski
one of the great things about python is that it is very slowly versioned, 10 years old and only v2.1.  I've been using it for 4 years and cannot think of a single backward incompatability.  As opposed to say VB where the new .net release is dramatically different than the current 6.x? releas

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2002-04-25 Thread steve
Well, At least you know the python library is likely to be adopted, and useful everywhere they use PYTHON. With C/C++, the language is a great and worthwhile language, but was meant to only be the most SIMPLE(as far as the built in capabilities(writing to a file, or even the terminal requires usi

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2002-04-25 Thread David Rogers
Andrea Pertosa wrote:     """Sorta like: you might spend hours implementing a method in 2.1 just to find out that .. oh.. that library function does exactly what you want in 2.2. """ This is a problem? Lord, let me have more 'problems' like that!   ;-David Rogers -Original Message-

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2002-04-25 Thread Patricia J. Hawkins
Are people aware of the python newsgroup, comp.lang.python? It's a _very_ useful resource, and questions such as "why python rather than perl", and "what are future changes, to python and why", are covered there in depth, all the time. I also use the google archive of the group for my technical

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2002-04-25 Thread ed . hopkins
I'm a newbie but it's such a pain setting Python up on Windows with the modules that misbehave, such as gmpy, I am wondering if it is worth the 'fight'. Ed On 25 Apr 2002 at 17:23, Andrea Pertosa wrote: > Ok, > so since noone seems to be around Iwould like to start a discussion. > How much

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2002-04-25 Thread Trent Mick
[[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote] > > > Hey, > > I've got a question. What are the advantages of using python as oppose to > perl? I'm new to python(and perl too but not as new as I am to python). http://www.python.org/doc/Comparisons.html specifically: http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons

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2002-04-25 Thread Trent Mick
[Patricia J. Hawkins wrote] > Are people aware of the python newsgroup, comp.lang.python? It's a > _very_ useful resource, and questions such as "why python rather than > perl", and "what are future changes, to python and why", are covered > there in depth, all the time. I also use the google ar

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2002-04-25 Thread Jeff Shannon
(whoops, forgot to send this reply to the list, too) Original Message Subject: Re: was (no subject) + new thread Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:10:17 -0700 From: Jeff Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <3CC884FE.31938.22C7B3@localhost> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2002-04-25 Thread Noah
Like what sort of problems? I always found the Windows installation to be pretty easy -- both the regular Python.org Windows distriution and the ActiveState Windows distribution. Generally I prefer the ActiveState version because it insclude the Win32 COM stuff. Noah -Original Message- F

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2002-04-25 Thread Matthew Sherborne
Python is easier to read and write. It looks nicer. :) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: FW: (no subject) > > > Hey, > > I've got a question. What are the advantages of using python as oppose to > perl?

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2002-04-25 Thread Patricia J. Hawkins
> "eh" == ed hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: eh> I'm a newbie but it's such a pain setting Python up on Windows eh> with the modules that misbehave, such as gmpy, I am wondering if eh> it is worth the 'fight'. The general drill is, drop the sucker into your python path, and it works. Ha