According to Wikipedia, Lua is “a lightweight, reflective, imperative and procedural language, designed as a scripting language with extensible semantics as a primary goal”. It is employed by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and many other programs, particularly in the gaming industry (where it excels). Lua has a proven track record and it is far from
Continue ReadingThis is a rather unusual post for this blog, which normally focuses on programming. However, amongst my readers there are plenty of photo hobbyists so this post may come in handy to a few of you. I’ve also added a ‘Photography’ category for possible future posts. My original purchase When I purchased my Canon
Continue ReadingPython and DB2 We now have a working Python driver for DB2 which is currently undergoing internal testing. The driver is similar to the Ruby and PHP ones, which means that you get an advanced and very easy to use API. It also means that if you are confident with the Ruby driver, you
Continue ReadingThis article is obsolete. Please refer to the following articles for up do date instructions: Ruby/Rails and DB2 | Python/Django and DB2. Thank you! Python 3000’s first alpha release was made available last week, and as to be expected, it gathered a lot of interest from the development community. With Python on everyone’s lips,
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