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I find the Python language a wonderful tool for rapidly cranking out new ideas. That, along with it's portability, simplicity of syntax and having the full source available so I can support myself are what I find most attractive about it. Although I don't (yet) earn my living using Python, I find I spend a lot of time doing little projects with it. Perhaps some of you will understand but I haven't felt this excited since I first found the Forth programming language many long years ago.

What Do I Do With Python?

• Python/2
  I ported Python to OS/2 and you can grab a copy at Python/2 ).
• PyREXX Extension Module
  An OS/2-specific extension module called PyREXX that lets Python/2 programs call REXX function libraries.
• A platform-neutral (currently only for OS/2) Async Serial I/O extension module
• Rover Mobile Agent Framework
  A prototype of an experimental framework I've been playing with that lets you write Python programs that can pack themselves up and migrate to another machine via TCP/IP, into an e-mail message or into a local file for later resurrection.
• RPMs for Access via ODBC to Solid Technology's SQL Product
  An extension module to allow Python programs to access Solid Technologies SQL databases.
• RPMs for Zope
  I play around with the intriguing Zope product (Z-Object Programming Environment) that lets you easily construct and manage web pages 'thru the web'. More details are at www.zope.org and you can download the RPMs I made for easy installation of Zope.
• RPMs for the Fnorb CORBA ORB
  I'm also a big fan of the CORBA ORB written in Python, called Fnorb. Official information can be obtained at the Fnorb official page but you can obtain my RPMs here to make it easier to get started.
• RPM for the Python XML-SIG's Current Software Release
  I'm starting to get into XML so I packaged what is needed at here . Official information can be obtained at the XML-SIG page .
• RPMs for an Extension Module for Access to the SNMP Protocol
• Some old Python work on Xanadu concepts re transfinite tumblers, multi-ended links and docuverse spans.
• A work very much in-progress (i.e. unfinished/untidy), Webbot, for logging into a session-based web page, using SSL (https:), maintaining session context via cookies and parsing the page contents using the XML-Sig's module.
• A crude hack that adds support for https: URLs can be found here .