A deep dive into probability and scipy: https://www.packtpub.com/building-probabilistic-graphical-models-with-python/book I have to admit up front that this book is out of my league. The Python is sensible to me. The subject matter -- graph models, learning and inference -- is above my pay grade.
This is (was?) an epic web site: http://projecteuler.net/about Currently, they're struggling with a security problem. http://forum.projecteuler.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3591 Years ago, I found the site and quickly reached Level 2 by solving a flood of easy problems. Recently, a recruiter strongly …
more ...https://developer.apple.com/swift/ This lowers the bar for entry to the iOS market. Does it also lower the bar for Mac OS X? Can it be used to write command-line command-line applications ("scripts")? It has a REPL, which means it can do a kind of "just-in-time" compile and …
more ...See this short discussion on a Stingray Reader feature:
https://sourceforge.net/p/stingrayreader/discussion/COBOL/thread/d2132851/?limit=25#2a3a
This turned into an exercise in pure TDD.
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I'm not a fan of applying TDD in a strict, death-march fashion.
I see the comments on Stack Overflow that …
Here's an interesting problem. Implement the split command for mainframe COBOL EBCDIC files with their BDW and RDW headers.
The conventional split can't handle COBOL EBCDIC files because they don't have sensible \n line breaks. Translating an EBCDIC file to ASCII is high-risk because COMP and COMP-3 fields will be …
more ...We'll be digging into Mastering Object-Oriented Python. Chapter 17, specifically.
We'll also be looking at a big refactoring of the Stingray Schema-Based File Reader.
We can identify three species of packages.
One common design is a Simple Package. A directory with an empty __init__.py file. This package name becomes …
more ...Want a copy free? See this contest: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2014/05/12/ebook-contest-win-a-free-copy-of-mastering-object-oriented-python/.
If you're really interested, I can sign a copy. That will double the shipping cost, so perhaps that's not the best idea.
The bad news is that the errata have started to trickle in …
more ...Updates completed. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywebtool/ and http://pywebtool.sourceforge.net.
The list of changes is extensive.
However, the essential API and the markup language for creating literate programs hasn't (significantly) changed. A few experimental features were replaced with a first-class implementation.
The interesting (to me) bit is …
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