Recently, I desired to have a simple Python function I could call with as little fuss as possible that would start up some kind of server that I could use to tell what is going on inside my program at a later date, without resorting to some kind of logging system or console output.

I recently read an interesting article (actually, the slides linked to) about the horror that is the Global Interpreter Lock in Python, especially with multicore CPUs. And I agree — in these cases, the GIL is painful.

I’ve been doing a lot of programming lately, and in a multitude of different languages. For the most part, these are pretty “decent” languages: C, Python, Ruby, etc. However, none of the languages really makes me happy.

There are lots of things I dislike about Python 3.0. I dislike the removal of the

print

map

Python 2.6 was recently released, with 3.0 coming out soon. Python 2.6 is meant to be sort of a stepping stone between the trusty old 2.x series and the hot, scary 3.0 series. So, naturally, I downloaded 2.6 to play with.

It’s been quiet here lately. I’ve had a lot of projects going on that occupy most of my time in the evenings and on weekends.