[NCLUG] Python newbie - modules/libraries?

[Rich Young]

Thanks, Duncan, for the thorough reply.  And to Spin for the Vaults of
Parnassus link, I hadn't seen that yet.

I'll see if I can do what I need to with the information the two of you
have provided.

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I'm Rich Young, and I approved this message.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org 
> [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of Duncan McGreggor
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:58 PM
> To: Northern Colorado Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Python newbie - modules/libraries?
> 
> 
> On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:16 PM, Intrinsic Spin wrote:
> 
> > You might try http://www.python.org/ or The Vaults of Parnassus at 
> > http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
> 
> Be careful, though... a lot of that stuff is out of date.
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:01:39AM -0700, Rich Young wrote:
> >> Hey, all,
> >> 	I'm just getting started with python, and I'm having a little 
> >> trouble finding the python equivalent of CPAN or PEAR.  
> Anyone care 
> >> to offer me a quick point in the right direction?
> 
> Here's something that may help... there's a conceptual 
> difference between python packages/modules and those for perl and php:
> 
> - python includes *lots* of what you may be looking for as 
> standard libraries
> 
> For example, there are tons of things that you *have* to use 
> CPAN for, since they are not included with perl. Here's the 
> official library reference for the latest python:
> 
>    http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html
> 
> As you can see, there is why they way that python comes with 
> batteries included ;-) There is a lot of stuff there... I am 
> *still* exploring parts of the standard libs I have never 
> used, and I've been using python for years.
> 
> Threads on the python/python-dev lists pop up on a 
> semi-regular basis with ideas for making something more like 
> CPAN for python. Nothing ever really happens. The truth is, 
> that once you get used to the standard python libraries and 
> searching sourceforge and google for non standard ones, it's 
> not a lot of extra effort and the pain of setting something 
> up like CPAN doesn't measure up with cost/benefit.
> 
> When I switched from perl to python, I ran into the same 
> issue as you are experiencing. It really pissed me off. 
> However, as soon as I got my head around the conceptual 
> differences, the pain went away.
> 
> Hang in there!
> 
> Duncan
> 
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