Don't use Emacs, says Java's father
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| 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.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;170166942;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
Sun hires two key Python developers
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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!
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http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/python-magazine-lives/
Python Enters KDE SVN with Guidance
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| 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
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| 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.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/22/python_upgrade/
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