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Why I will never fit in among C++ programmers

21 Jul 2013 5 min read C++

I have been actively programming in Python for nearly 13 years, ten of which have been spent as a core developer of the language itself. You could say I have an opinion when

Writing a Zip File Importer: The Loader (Part 3)

21 Jun 2013 2 min read Python

For a zip file-based loader [http://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-loader] , luckily there is not much heavy lifting. Working with the finder led to the realization that zip files

Writing a Zip File Importer: The Finder (Part 2)

21 Jun 2013 2 min read Python

When writing a finder [http://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-finder] like importlib.machinery.FileFinder [http://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.machinery.FileFinder] it’s all about working

Writing a Zip File Importer: The Path Hook (Part 1)

21 Jun 2013 3 min read Python

There are essentially three parts to any importer in Python 3: 1. The path hook [http://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-path-entry-hook] 2. The finder [http://docs.python.org/