Archive 26. December 2004

Python is a weakly typed language, which as any experienced Python programmer knows has both good and bad points - Traits - optionale Typdeklarationen für Attribute in Python

Submarine earthquake kills thousands in Southeast Asia

Oh shit.

At WDR.de you can find the original article.

Snurf: a Python-based Blogging System - a nice little blogging system that doesn't require a database

Delayed Execution with Python

The original text has moved to the PyDS weblog. The reason is that I cannot manage the text properly with the new software because the necessary tools are not available here (specifically, source code formatting doesn't work here, and besides the text is too huge - at least when it is saved as XHTML).

Delayed Execution with Python

Delayed execution - delayed execution or lazy evaluation - is a very practical tool in programming. Unfortunately, not all programming languages support this tool directly. Languages that support closures and objects, however, can be extended quite easily to support delayed execution. I describe one approach for Python in this text. The text contains a series of Python code examples that show how a whole range of powerful Python language features can be used. The text could also be interesting for those who have less interest in lazy evaluation. Here's the original article.