This was a shocking email: the people have a Python 2 CGI script. They needed advice on Python 2 to 3 migration.
Here's my advice on a Python 2 CGI script: Throw It Away.
A great deal of the CGI processing is part of the wsgi module, as well as …
more ...I need to rewrite Stingray Reader. This project handles a certain amount of file processing using a schema to assure the Logical Layout is understood. It handles several common Physical Formats:
The …
more ...I don't get many of these "I have code that doesn't work" requests. But I do see them once in a great while.
It might be something like the following two-part explanation with a following question.
more ...I have this code
from base64 import b64encode def some_func(message): msg = b64encode(message …
See 9 Reasons Why Python Is Weird For C++ Developers.
I'm often bothered by inter-language comparisons. Mostly because programming languages -- except in the most abstract way -- aren't really very comparable. At the Turing Machine level the finite state automata are comparable, but that reductionist view (intentionally) eliminates all the expressive …
more ...Fascinating. The reference to the classic Mac OS with non-preemptive multi-tasking is quite cool. The concept fits nicely with Python's async/await coroutines that need to collaborate with a periodic OS request to permit interaction with streams of events from another source (i.e., a foreground window.)
Writing Interactive Compute-Intensive …more ...
What do I know about "inspiration" at work? I'm not sure I know much, but I think I may have some advice that could be useful.
I was in the high-tech write-software-every-day workplace since about 1976 or so. (The first two years were part-time while in college.) I use past …
more ...A fascinating question.
more ...... I'm baffled by the amount of books you've published over the course of time. Currently Reddit suggests that I use Building Skills in Python under Beginner's section, but it looks quite outdated. So back and forth, I found your Building Skills in OO on GitHub Page and …
An interesting tweet. The roadmap has three sections. I'm not sure this is actually complete, or even grouped correctly. It is a very good list of topics.
https://twitter.com/prasoonpratham/status/1408435475426254849?s=11
"Here's a complete roadmap of topics to master Python."
The thread, however, seems no longer …
more ...Happy birthday, mom. Glad to see you're still doing well, avoiding the complications of COVID-19.
You asked what it was I did for a living. Emphasis on the past tense, now that we're both fully retired old people.
I have to confess that it's not easy describing high-tech work. There's …
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