Re: [Tutor] where python is used in real world

2011-12-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
surya k wrote: I don't understand why python doesn't provide executable files for the source code. I am afraid that you are confused. Python source code *are* executable. They would hardly be *programming* code if you can't execute them. They're just not stand-alone executable. They require a

Re: [Tutor] where python is used in real world

2011-12-04 Thread Rich Lovely
On 4 Dec 2011, at 16:36, Modulok wrote: >>> 2. If one wants to make a commercial software using python, how can he >>> hide the code? > > While it's a valid question, it's fun to imagine it in the physical world: "We > need to permanently weld the engine compartment closed so that no one can >

Re: [Tutor] where python is used in real world

2011-12-04 Thread Modulok
>> 2. If one wants to make a commercial software using python, how can he >> hide the code? While it's a valid question, it's fun to imagine it in the physical world: "We need to permanently weld the engine compartment closed so that no one can steal our engine ideas." -Modulok- _

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread python
I worked on a large pharma sales data warehouse project and we had the need to profile some complex 3rd party data feeds that were poorly documented. I was able to write, test, and run the code (across 500Gb data) to provide the required profiling information in less time than it took to install a

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread Wayne Werner
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:51 AM, wesley chun wrote: > > Does anyone else have similar stories? (I think I may be biased as I use > Python for everything, trouble or otherwise, so I can't tell the difference > anymore!) > I work in a .NET shop, and the last project I worked on required us to re-im

Re: [Tutor] where python is used in real world

2011-12-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 04/12/11 07:47, surya k wrote: I don't understand why python doesn't provide executable files for the source code. > 1. Why doesn't python doesn't offer executable file ? Because python is an interpreted language like Java, early Visual Basic and many other languages. It would be difficult

Re: [Tutor] Prime Factorization Tool

2011-12-04 Thread Lie Ryan
On 12/02/2011 12:15 AM, Robert Sjoblom wrote: So I've recently started poking at the Project Euler site, because I feel that I need to practice writing code. For those of you interested in solving the problems on your own I advice you to not read this, as it will spoil the solution. Problem 3 is

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread Sarma Tangirala
We shoud have a new tag say [Superman Python] for posts like these. :D ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread Robert Sjoblom
I had a situation where there were 300+ files needed to be renamed to standardized naming; the problem was that each group that had worked on the project had their own naming convention and group tag. One group had date_number_subnumber_grouptag where others might have grouptag_date_number_subnumbe

Re: [Tutor] where python is used in real world

2011-12-04 Thread Timo
Op 04-12-11 08:47, surya k schreef: I don't understand why python doesn't provide executable files for the source code. I am using py2exe for building executables and I found that, it doesn't completely change code into binary but creates dll files and python libraries to run that particular co

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread bodsda
We had a challenge recently where all of our internal department names changed, and due to our intranet system, we had to modify our Active Directory to reflect the new names. This meant changing all usernames, public drives and pc names. We were also migrating the profiles from one profile serv

[Tutor] Fwd: Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread Mark Lybrand
Forgot to include the list. Sorry. -- Forwarded message -- From: Mark Lybrand Date: Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day To: wesley chun The quick process of trying out different ideas, first in IDLE and then in script was a biggie. List compre

Re: [Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread wesley chun
Congrats! I love hearing stuff like this... keep them coming! I'm curious as to how Python was able to help you get your job done this time (without going into anything confidential naturally). What was it about the language? Or was it specific Python modules/packages you used for the analysis? Do

[Tutor] Python Saved the Day

2011-12-04 Thread Mark Lybrand
No question. Last weekend I buckled down and learned as much Python as I could (just because I have had an interest to do so for a while). When I got to work on Monday, there was a serious database issue that needed addressing. As I was trying to assess the situation, I employed Python to help