Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.013 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'interpreter': 0.04; 'newbie': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'declarations': 0.09; 'generators': 0.09; 'subject:features': 0.09; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'library': 0.15; '1:09': 0.16; 'binaries': 0.16; 'clark': 0.16; 'dictionaries': 0.16; 'down...': 0.16; 'hmm.': 0.16; 'python-list,': 0.16; 'received:65.55.116.7': 0.16; 'url:other': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'windows': 0.19; 'appropriate': 0.20; 'variable': 0.20; 'to:name:python- list@python.org': 0.20; 'skip:- 40': 0.21; '(on': 0.22; 'constant': 0.22; 'phd': 0.22; 'sets': 0.23; 'installed': 0.23; 'paul': 0.24; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'am,': 0.27; 'language.': 0.27; 'forgot': 0.27; 'url:au': 0.27; 'date:': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'points': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'relative': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'point': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.32; 'mac': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'version': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'subject:': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'email addr:python.org': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'university': 0.38; 'from:': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'notice': 0.39; 'help': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'most': 0.61; 'side': 0.61; 'url:index': 0.61; 'email name:python-list': 0.62; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'love': 0.63; 'our': 0.65; 'improvements': 0.65; 'college': 0.71; 'url:page': 0.71; 'visiting': 0.79; '+1100': 0.84; '2013': 0.84; 'more:': 0.84; 'otten': 0.84; 'weapons': 0.84; 'url:php': 0.86; 'albert': 0.91; 'amongst': 0.91; 'subject:Top': 0.93; 'wait,': 0.93 X-EIP: [rPxMLDACB9nLlnEtnC4eZr1kV22Wec4x] X-Originating-Email: [joeclark77@hotmail.com] From: Joseph Clark To: "python-list@python.org" Subject: RE: Top 10 python features Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:49:27 -0700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: <35e9c045-f835-487c-a9a1-9171151ada75@googlegroups.com>, , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Mar 2013 17:49:27.0628 (UTC) FILETIME=[C50A40C0:01CE2337] X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 55 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1363542634 news.xs4all.nl 6915 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37638 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41364 I'm a Python newbie and already found a few things that I love about the la= nguage. Among them: - list/set comprehensions - dictionaries and sets - pickle/shelve // joseph w. clark =2C phd =2C visiting research associate \\ university of nebraska at omaha - college of IS&T ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon=2C 18 Mar 2013 01:21:45 +1100 > Subject: Re: Top 10 python features > From: rosuav@gmail.com > To: python-list@python.org > > On Mon=2C Mar 18=2C 2013 at 1:09 AM=2C Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wro= te: > > Albert Vonpupp wrote: > > > >> I would like to know what are the top 10 most important features (on y= our > >> opinion) in python. > > > > Amongst our weapons are > > > > - Generators > > - Duck-Typing > > - The Interactive Interpreter > > > > and an almost fanatical devotion to the Zen. > > > > Wait=2C I forgot dictionaries=3B it's dictionaries all the way down... > > That's five. Here's five more: > > * No variable declarations - keep your code simple > * An *extensive* standard library > * comp.lang.python / python-list=2C Python help 24/7! > * Active development and constant improvements > * Strong OS/platform support (many Linuxes have at least some version > of Python either already installed or in the standard repository=3B > Windows and Mac OS have ready-to-go binaries available on python.org=3B > there are Pythons for various mobile platforms=3B even relative > obscurities like OS/2 have their ports) > > Hmm. Side point regarding OS/2: I notice that > http://www.python.org/getit/other/ points to a port of 2.4.4=2C but Paul > Smedley has a port of 2.7.2: > http://smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php?page=3Dpython - what's the > appropriate way to get that mentioned? > > ChrisA > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list =