https://opensource.com/tags/python Red Hat was an early adopter, putting Python-based tools into their distros. Sadly, they've also lagged behind. They haven't gotten much beyond Python 2.6 or maybe 2.7. RHEL is really good. Except for the Python problem.
more ...This: https://darkf.github.io/posts/problems-i-have-with-python.html
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Python job scheduling made simple: schedule.readthedocs.io | |
more ...What's the most Epic Fail I've ever seen?
I was a traveling consulting for almost 35 years. I saw a lot. I did learn from epic fail scenarios. But. I haven't really spent a lot of time thinking about the lessons learned there. I never have a glib answer to …
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Blaming people for using ancient software is really weird. There’s no other context where we demand constant replacement of things that work
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I'm not sold about this argument at all.
The "constant replacement" issue has two sides to it. If you follow the …
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"Running Python in Xcode: Step by Step" ericasadun.com/2016/12/04/run…
Thanks for the link. There's a fair amount of "this doesn't seem to be what Xcode was designed to do." But it does seem to work. I'll …
more ...I received the worst code example ever. The. Worst.
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more ...I have hurriedly created a blog post titled [omitted] at the url below [also omitted] ... Unfortunately, I am neither an algorithm expert or a Python expert. However, I am willing to jump in.
Please review the Python code …
The question is a deep one. What is the Literate Programming Life Cycle? Why is it so difficult? What are the three barriers and how do we cross them?
Here's most of the original question.
more ..."Last week I threw together an F# script to parse markdown-style text into one or …
This. http://www.tomdalling.com/blog/software-design/fizzbuzz-in-too-much-detail/
And many other thoughts on overthinking fizz buzz. I'm going to overthink it, also. Why not?
This is a problem where the obvious unit test may not cover the cases properly. See https://projecteuler.net/problem=1 for a unit test case …
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