Would like to perform unpaid research work at a CS graduate school or center

2007-09-02 Thread The Eternal Squire
To all, About twenty years ago, I was admitted to a Ph.D. program for computer science. It was also around that time that I was diagnosed for chronic depression, which forced me out of that program into the working word. I had done my best since then as a software engineer, until late 2005, when

PyPotrace Version 1.0 released on Sourceforge!!!

2006-11-06 Thread The Eternal Squire
control points...This is great for those building thier own 2D and 3D visualization projects. It works very nicely, and can be found in Sourceforge under https://sourceforge.net/projects/PyPotrace or by searching Sourceforge using the PyPotrace project name. If you want to see The Eternal Squire

Re: Python Distilled

2006-11-06 Thread The Eternal Squire
Try also Diet Python on SourceForge. It's the first step toward a shrunken Python for embedded Win32 systems. Cheers, The Eternal Squire Simon Wittber wrote: http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2006-09-16_2006-09-30/#shrinking-python Excellent, just what I was hoping for. Thanks! -Sw

Re: where can I find Python acceptance test suite?

2006-08-07 Thread The Eternal Squire
Thanks. Terry Reedy wrote: The Eternal Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been doing some hacking of the Python engine, and I've been looking for where the comprehensive regression tests are kept so that I can determine where I've broken part

where can I find Python acceptance test suite?

2006-08-06 Thread The Eternal Squire
All, I've been doing some hacking of the Python engine, and I've been looking for where the comprehensive regression tests are kept so that I can determine where I've broken part of the engine. Thanks in advance, The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Open letter to BDFL begging forgiveness.

2006-08-06 Thread The Eternal Squire
Guido, It has been two years since PyCon 2005.I know I was a pest during the conference, and I am very sorry and regret my actions. At the time I had a 104 degree fever and pneumonia but I was determined to make the presentation for Honeywell, even if it killed me. That had greatly

Re: New release of Diet Python (Beta 0.2)

2006-07-28 Thread The Eternal Squire
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be out of the office until approximately August 20th. If you have any questions, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David Wahler What the heck is this??? The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

New release of Diet Python (0.2 Beta)!!!

2006-07-27 Thread The Eternal Squire
://sourceforge.net/projects/dietpython Cheers, The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New release of Diet Python (0.2 Beta)!!!

2006-07-27 Thread The Eternal Squire
A developer's installation of PSF, including Pywin, WxPython, Numpy, Scipy I believe can run up to 300 MB, no? Otherwise, I'll put up a different percentage. Georg Brandl wrote: The Eternal Squire wrote: Diet Python is a flavor of Python with allegro, multiarray, umath, calldll, npstruct

Re: New SourceForge project: Diet Python!!!

2006-07-18 Thread The Eternal Squire
Hm didn't I leave ctypes in there? I added calldll because it had a really nice can opener. The Eternal Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Diet Python is a flavor of Python with allegro, multiarray, umath, calldll, npstruct and curses builtin, all else nonessential to language

Re: New SourceForge project: Diet Python!!!

2006-07-18 Thread The Eternal Squire
Best interface for roguelike gaming. Jarek Zgoda wrote: The Eternal Squire napisa³(a): Diet Python is a flavor of Python with allegro, multiarray, umath, calldll, npstruct and curses builtin, all else nonessential to language ripped out. Total size 3MB, 1% of PSF Python. Diet Python

Re: New SourceForge project: Diet Python!!!

2006-07-18 Thread The Eternal Squire
I'll try to figure out a way to let people know who the FAQ I am :) The Eternal Squire Méta-MCI wrote: Hi! Interesting (or fun?). Have you a Internet page, or only README? @+ MCI -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

New SourceForge project: Diet Python!!!

2006-07-17 Thread The Eternal Squire
Diet Python is a flavor of Python with allegro, multiarray, umath, calldll, npstruct and curses builtin, all else nonessential to language ripped out. Total size 3MB, 1% of PSF Python. Diet Python helps keep clients thin :) You'll find it in http://sourceforge.net/projects/dietpython --

Re: Is Python a Zen language?

2006-02-25 Thread The Eternal Squire
a telepathic interface. But I have to admit I enjoy a solidly platonic relationship with Python. I prefer to write things in the most beautiful way rather than in the most efficient. Its cost me a couple jobs, but the integrity of the product always remains intact. The Eternal Squire -- http

Re: Draw a triangle...

2005-11-24 Thread The Eternal Squire
PyGame is your best bet for pure graphics. Simple shapes can be done in just a few statements. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: a new design pattern for Python Library?

2005-11-23 Thread The Eternal Squire
relationship between classes. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

a new design pattern for Python Library?

2005-11-22 Thread The Eternal Squire
friendship dependencies a little more self documenting. Opinions? The Eternal Squire class Friend (object): def __init__ (self, friend): object.__init__ (self) self.friend = friend Example use: class Bar (Friend): TITLE = None DEFAULT = 1 def __init__ (self, top

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
I'm asking coz i don't have any real world/industrial basis to better understand the problem and factors involved when selling software - i'm just a student A fair request. The teaching of legality and ethics of incorporating other peoples' works into one's own should begin at 6th grade and be

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
Oops, The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
The legality of copying, modifying and redistributing works should be reformed until it matches a 6th grader's intuitions about sharing. A 6th grader also has intuitions regarding the ownership of an idea. It was MY idea!!! No, it's NOT!!! Is TOO!!! The Eternal Squire -- http

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
Utter poppycock. Who is to say that a particular entity holds an exclusive sales opportunity to a particular individual? Are we to protect the expectations of profit for some, at the expense of sharing things with each other? Utter horse manure. Anyone can profit from something so long as it is

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
Plenty of case law exists behind judgements made to repair loss of sales opportunites... these are called infringement upon sales territories.. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-16 Thread The Eternal Squire
Standard libraries are usually paid for by the implementor of the language, so this is not an issue. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-15 Thread The Eternal Squire
In my case, providing a free download of any lost executables or data upon presentation of a legitimate license key should be adequate. Excellent compromise! The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-15 Thread The Eternal Squire
My point exactly. A good application of moderate to large size (100K lines of code) is about as large as a single person can write without automation, hence it is of an effort comparable in scope and creativity to a novel. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread The Eternal Squire
As far as I know, only one country ever claimed to have that, so your we only applies to citizens of that country, and not to everyone who may be reading the letter - and the status of the person you quoted but did not attribute is unclear. It applies to not only the US, which explicitly has We

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-12 Thread The Eternal Squire
Perhaps there is no way to make a living from writing novels without copyright. There is no way to make a living from playing solitaire either -- should the government pass a law giving a legal monopoly on playing red queen on a black king to my granny, so that everyone playing that move has to

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-11 Thread The Eternal Squire
on that idea? I believe piracy is bad for everyone: the consumer, the writer, and the country as a whole. I don't oppose copyleft, but then, I don't oppose copyright either. Let's distribute the former for free, and honor the need for the writer of the latter to earn a living. The Eternal Squire

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-10 Thread The Eternal Squire
to figure out myself a nice software package to write and market and earn a good living now that I've walked away from the rat race, I can also see myself having humanity as my client (the FOSS model). The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-09 Thread The Eternal Squire
run decryptor upon module and retry, finally raise importation error. With PGP encryption one could encrypt the pyc's with the private key and sell a public key to the end user. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python obfuscation

2005-11-09 Thread The Eternal Squire
as an unauthorized marketing and sales channel to whet the appetites for people to try the real thing. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread The Eternal Squire
(or is it Deloriousness) during the rest of the time. I was yucky, I admit it. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread The Eternal Squire
. The lead does not need to be the master designer on the project, but it helps a lot when that happens. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread The Eternal Squire
to the team members, that is, having the ability to motivate by example and by knowledge. The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

dreaming in Python

2005-10-29 Thread The Eternal Squire
but I was just having trouble logging in. End of dream. Anyone ever have a wierd engineering dream sometime in thier career? The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to organize Python files in a (relatively) big project

2005-10-19 Thread The Eternal Squire
. Improvements, anyone? The Eternal Squire #--relative.py- # Place in Python##\Lib # import sys from inspect import getfile from os.path import abspath backslash = '\\' def caller (): 'name of the calling script' frame = sys._getframe(1

can a cut-down Python still be Python?

2005-10-17 Thread The Eternal Squire
be rejected out of hand by y'all as not meeting the Zen of Python? Please advise, The Eternal Squire -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: can a cut-down Python still be Python?

2005-10-17 Thread The Eternal Squire
No, but the BFDL has the corner on the Zen of Python. What he says, evidently goes. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: can a cut-down Python still be Python?

2005-10-17 Thread The Eternal Squire
Oops, I meant to say BDFL. Sorry about the transpose. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list