The title is a bit of a lie. I think Python is a good, practical, language, and relatively easy to learn and to teach. Its vast collection of libraries let you slap together a program to do virtually anything you want. It doesn’t have the beauty of APL or... (more…)
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Don’t worry, this isn’t another piece about Python 3. I’m fully in favor of Python 3, and on record as to why. And if you’re still not convinced, I suggest this thoroughly comprehensive article on the topic, which goes over not just the bits peopl...
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QuakeWorld dedicated server wrapped up as a Python module, QuakeC -> Python game translator - GitHub - barryp/qwpython: QuakeWorld dedicated server wrapped up as a Python module, QuakeC -> Py... (more…)
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In python, the Requests library allows us to make HTTP requests in our code and this is very key since many modern applications make use of data from third-p... (more…)
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Reading from databases with Python is a common need. This post explores pyodbc, pypyodbc, and turbodbc for interacting with databases using Python. (more…)
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