"The new multiprocessing package lets Python programs create new processes that will perform a computation and return a result to the parent. The parent and child processes can communicate using queues and pipes, synchronize their operations using locks and semaphores, and can share simple arrays of data." - Clint Ecker
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context management with PEP 343, 'with' statement is particularly cool. this is a long time sought after right approach for agile OO design. - Berk D. Demir
"The author recommends that scripting, not Java, be taught first, asserting that students should learn to love their own possibilities before they learn to loathe other people's restrictions." - Peter
It's funny how Guido himself says the BDFL title is _not_ from a Monty Python skit and in the about the author box they refer to Guido as "BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life), a title straight from a Monty Python skit" - Rui
Cute, but not very practical in the real world. Better to use something explicit and predictable, like Django's pluralize filter. - Jon Parise
It is not practical for developing web applications. There are some developers who do a lot of things other than develop for web. Processing english language texts is one such task and it is very important in that part of the world. BTW, it was only a sample program on how to use lambdas and list comprehensions and how to add more rules dynamically to the list instead of writing numerous if-elif constructs. - Srinivasan R
