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My very first post on this blog was how to build Python from source.  In 2015 it turns out that this is a bit harder that it should be, and having wasted most of the morning working it out I'm posting the solution for future reference.

Building Python in the …

I never really feel like i'm any good at using Python unless I am doing cool things with List Comprehension.

Here's a quick example of nested list comprehension I used today to create a new list from a list containing lists of three items

Visually:-

[['mostly cloudy (day)', 'cloudy3.png …

Having ended up almost solely with Python at the end of a journey of many languages I have learnt and used; style has been something important to me.

Python has pep8 which states something's definitively such as:-

• Use 4 spaces per indentation level" (I was actually using 2 until now …

I rarely use anything beyond named parameters, but this post captures what you need to know.

http://kbyanc.blogspot.com/2007/07/python-aggregating-function-arguments.html

How easy it is to install python from source? Very.

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python2.6/
make #(took 4mins on my x86_64 dc)
make install