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Finding Python’s package directories
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Finding Python’s package directories: python -c ‘import sys, pprint; pprint.pprint(sys.path)’ (via djangobook)
How one class brought SICP back at MIT
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Zombie-like, 6.001 rises from the dead to threaten students again. Unlike a zombie, though, it’s moving quite a bit faster than it did the first time. Like the original, don’t walk into the class expecting that it will teach you Scheme; instead, it attempts to teach thought patterns for computer science, and the structure and [...]
VIM as Python IDE
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Here is a nice article about using VIM as a Python IDE. (via reddit)
Python and Django
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Python and Django look interesting in how they empower you to work with the web. I was reading some interesting points about both here (the one interesting part about Python is that you might not need to know it in order to appreciate Django).
Python’s Functional History
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Here is a post of the history of some functional features in Python. It is not exhaustive, but it is interesting to hear the author’s take on things. (via reddit)
Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Costanza asked Sussman why MIT had switched away from Scheme for their introductory programming course, 6.001. This was a gem. He said that the reason that happened was because engineering in 1980 was not what it was in the mid-90s or in 2000. In 1980, good programmers spent a lot of time thinking, and then [...]