Re: Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows
On Sep 1, 12:52 pm, Den wrote: > Obviously, this is a windows-based question. I know that Ctrl-Alt-Del > is handled deep inside the OS, and I'm not trying to interrupt that. > But is there some way to detect that a C-A-D has been pressed? If you manage to write a program that can detect CTRL-ALT-DEL, please report it as a bug in Windows! CTRL-ALT-DEL is Windows' "secure attention sequence" which must only be handled by the OS. -- Steve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Considering python - have a few questions.
Heather Stovold wrote: > I am a "retired" programmer, that started in the DOS world. (Well, I guess > I started pre-DOS...). I learned C++ (for DOS), and Pascal (for DOS) when I > was in school - and programmed for several years in Basic. (Ok - it wasn't > my choice - but it was what I was hired to program in - and each single-user > license was around $7,000 - so who was I to argue!) I later did some stuff > in Visual Basic, and did some OOP in it. > > HOWEVER - I have not programmed a single darned thing for over 5 years. > And although I do remember how to program in general, I don't seem to > remember Visual Basic that well... so I'm looking around. (After all, If > I'm going to have to relearn a language - might as well be worth while!) Heather, one of the beauties of Python is that it's rich enough for the advanced programmer and yet simple enough for the beginner. I came to Python after many years as a professional programmer (assembly languages, Fortran, COBOL, Symstream, PL/1, Natural, C, Perl, Prolog) and took to Python immediately. Yet, were my 11 year-old niece to tell me she wanted to learn to program, I'd steer her toward Python. You fall between these two extremes and I think Python would be an excellent choice for you. -- Steve J. Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Language mavens: Is there a programming with "if then else ENDIF" syntax?
On Nov 16, 12:54 pm, Steve Ferg wrote: > Does anybody know a language with this kind of syntax for > ifThenElseEndif? Modern-day COBOL: IF some-condition do-something ELSE do-something-else END-IF. The period is also meaningful as a statement terminator in COBOL, so it's not as clean as one might like. I, too, like the Python way. Cheers, Steve J. Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Annoying octal notation
On Aug 21, 2:45 pm, John Nagle wrote: > In 2009, Unisys finally exited the mainframe hardware business, and the > last of the 36-bit machines, the ClearPath servers, are being phased out. > That line of machines goes back to the UNIVAC 2200 series, and the UNIVAC > 1100 series, all the way back to the vacuum-tube UNIVAC 1103 from 1952. > It's the longest running series of computers in history, and code for all > those machines used octal heavily. You're right that the 36-bit machines rely heavily on octal notation. However, Unisys has not exited the hardware business. The descendants of the original 36-bit 1100-series machines are now called Dorado. Unisys announced new models as recently as May 2009 (see http://unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=1694). I have the extreme pleasure of supporting a Dorado 180 and writing Python code on Windows--the best of both worlds! Cheers, Steve J. Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: ftplib - Did the whole file get sent?
On Oct 23, 2:03 am, Sean DiZazzo wrote: I follow every ftp put (STOR) with a dir command. Then if the recipient claims that they never got it (or did not get all of it), I have evidence that they did and that their byte count is the same as mine. This does not entirely guarantee that the ftp was perfect but it goes a long way. It also provides useful information if there is a problem. HTH, SJM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
