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Programming FAQ (Python)

• barnaby 16y ago
  This is really cool. I can't believe I haven't come across it before! Thanks for posting
  • mahmud 16y ago
    How often do you visit /usr/share/doc/python? This FAQ has been there for a decade, at least.
    • dkd 16y ago
      it's from version 2.7 doc. so it's far less than a decade.
• j_baker 16y ago
  Erm.... Is an Erlang day for Python developing? Just curious because I notice similar Python topics on the front page. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them. They just seem like odd topics to come up all at the same time.
  • almost 16y ago
    Topics tend to cluster, as a topic is in peoples minds they tend to be more likely to find more articles and post them.
• vog 16y ago
  I like especially the explanation why Python has a proper modulo operator rather than the mathematically really annoying one of C (and most other languages): http://docs.python.org/faq/programming#why-does-22-10-return-3 http://docs.python.org/faq/programming#why-does-22-10-return...