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Category Archives: programming
Installing Python 2.7 on Windows
Python is one of the easiest to learn programming languages. It supports developing on Linux, Mac, and Windows. To install Python on Windows, you must have your OS in developer mode. To install Python 2.7 on Windows: Browse to https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ Click … Continue reading
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Tagged installing python, PowerShell, PowerShell profile, programming languages, windows 10
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Announcing the new Programming with Jim
I started Jim’s Jumbler as a programming blog, but then started writing movie and book reviews, DIY articles, and, most recently, articles on religious and political philosophy. I’m sure the mixture is a bit strange for those following my movie … Continue reading
Where’s my Core Dump?
In the old days, the most dreaded message on a Unix system was segmentation fault: core dumped. In the case where it was your program that dumped, you then had to fire up adb and pour over the registers and … Continue reading
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Tagged .bashrc, /etc/profile, core dump, ddd, enabling core dumps, gdb, ulimit
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C Programming: Naming Conventions
Naming conventions are like most standards: the great thing about them is that there are so many to choose from. Most people agree that a project should have one and use it consistently, but there is little agreement on what … Continue reading
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Tagged c programming, camel case, gnome, google, macros, microsoft, naming conventions, Pascal case, sxe
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Writing Utilities in Python: fang
While working at Salesforce, I hacked a nice little utility in perl called fang, which is short for “find and grep”. It had some nice features, and I’ve often wanted something like it that I could use at home and … Continue reading
Building cpython/Doc on Linux
For all the gory details, check out the Python Developers Guide. Installing and Building the Doc Here’s the process I followed to be able to work on the CPython documentation on Linux debian/mint: See if mercurial is installed by running: … Continue reading
