Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Don't use Emacs, says Java's father
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Known in the development world as the father of Java, Sun Microsystems' vice
>| president and fellow James Gosling has urged coders to stop using the
>| antiquated Emacs text editor and move to a more modern IDE like Sun's own
>| open source NetBeans.
> `----
>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;170166942;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
This bit worried me a little:
While NetBeans is open source, Gosling said almost nobody bothers
to modify its code because of its complexity.
Does that mean it's not well written? Not modular enough?
>
> Sun hires two key Python developers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Sun Microsystems Inc. is looking to bolster its position in the Python
>| programming realm through the hiring of two prominent developers.
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> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=development&articleId=9066359&taxonomyId=11&intsrc=kc_top
>
>
> Related:
>
> Python upgrades readied for 2008
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Developers of the Python programming language are working concurrently on two
>| upgrades to the core platform, both to arrive in 2008, representatives of
>| Python said Wednesday.
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>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1060483239&rid=-50
>
>
> Python Magazine Lives
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| There are columnists, there are tech editors, there are authors. Articles
>| have been commissioned. Logos and trademarks are in place. The design team is
>| rocking, the contract team is rolling, and the emails are flying. In the
>| background, the sound of constant typewriter activity can be heard, just like
>| on those old newscasts from the old Cronkite days. Exciting times!
> `----
>
> http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/python-magazine-lives/
>
>
> Python Enters KDE SVN with Guidance
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Guidance was originally developed for Mandrake Linux and is now
>| used by default in Kubuntu. It is hoped that moving it to KDE
>| Extragear will encourage testing and development on other
>| distributions. Guidance requires PyKDE Extensions as well
>| as the PyKDE bindings themselves.
> `----
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> http://dot.kde.org/1176941846/
>
>
> Old:
>
> One Laptop Per Child kicks off PyCON 2007
>
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>| Krstic himself mentioned only a little bit about the impact of 100
>| million children being exposed to laptop computers and the internet,
>| let alone a view source key inviting them to learn one of the most
>| powerful free software oriented programming languages in one of the
>| most powerful free software operating systems.
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> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/2088
>
>
> Python slithers to 'significant' release
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The open source community this week hailed the most significant update
>| to Python in five years.
>|
>| Python 2.5 contains major improvements in reliability, performance
>| and efficiency, according to release manager Anthony Baxter.
> `----
>
> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/22/python_upgrade/
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