Hello Patrick I think I've seen your name around the Gateway JUG. Its unfortunate that the roundtable doesn't meet anymore, it was a great group of guys(oh...
[Mike Shoemaker] ... Trying to stir up interest in Jython, an implementation of the Python language in Java, which allows you to access Java classes/objects...
... Patrick> Python has many strong points. Some are more subjective Patrick> than others. A few are somewhat controversial. I have a Patrick> Python advocacy...
[Brian Button] ... Ruby certainly has lots of appeal. I couldn't do a fair comparison because I only looked at it briefly after I was already using Python for...
... Patrick> [Brian Button] ... Patrick> Ruby certainly has lots of appeal. I couldn't do a fair Patrick> comparison because I only looked at it briefly after...
From: "Patrick K. O'Brien" <pobrien@...> ... I keep meaning to look at Jython myself. .NET may inspire an era of greater considersation of alternative...
[Brian Button] ... Yeah. This is true. In Python you have do create a function first. Since creating a function is relatively trivial, this doesn't bother me...
[Brian Button] ... There actually is a refactoring tool for Python called Bicycle Repair Man (one of the better Monty Python puns). The project languished for...
From: "Patrick K. O'Brien" <pobrien@...> ... allowed ... no ... can live ... be. This is probably the biggest cultural difference between Python and ...
It's been fun meeting with you all, especially before Library Ltd closed (no place else has the same cozy atmosphere). However, my wife and I decided to move...
You are cordially invited to attend a very special event featuring a presentation on JBoss by Marc Fleury, creator of JBoss and President & Founder of the...
For those of you who haven't gotten this email yet, I highly recommend going to listen to Scott Ambler speak. He has a lot of very interesting things to say,...
Who's up for a meeting for old time's sake? It's getting to be about that time of year. I know it's short notice, but I can go for tomorrow if anyone's...
Hi Bob! Well I flew in but no one was there. :( Glad to hear from you. So what have people been up to? I'm right now working on a Struts app and getting ready...
Tim, It never ceases to amaze me how useless vendor reps. can be. He had it totally backwards. It was originally Oracle's own implementation and they...
I don't think I really want to know, it would only add to my cynicism. It's really an interesting racket that they've put together with their latest release....
I'm new to the group, so I was waiting to see who else would respond. What kind of meetings have you had in the past? What kind would you like to have next?...
Hmm. Guess I better de-lurk. :) I'm up for a meeting. I'm in St. Louis on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so those days are usually good. I don't really have...
Pat, we just sit around and BS. Python is as good a topic as any. Saturday, 10AM, Borders in Brentwood sound good? I'll try and round up some new faces. Bob...
Sounds good to me. Later, -Louis! ... _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device:...
[Bob Lee] ... Sounds good to me. I just looked at your car crash pictures, btw. Ouch! Can I assume that you came out in slightly better shape than the car? Pat...
Is this meeting still on? I had forgot that my wife and daughter were going camping with the Girl Scouts this weekend. So I'm home entertaining my son and...
For those of you who have an interest in learning the Python programming language, the Python St. Louis User Group is about to begin their Python Mentor...
I just posted the source for this AOP framework I've been working on to my web site. It enables you to dynamically intercept public method invocations, member...
Hello Stranger I attended the Gateway Java Symposium this weekend and thought I post my experiences. The conference started off at 1:15pm on Friday. The first...
Like Mike, I attended the symposium. For those who didn't, I can only say, you missed one of St. Louis' best training opportunities in years. I attended...