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See the PyPy JIT In Action
derGoldstein writes "Project PyPy is an alternative implementation of Python, with the main advantage being a Just In Time (JIT) compiler which speeds up your code considerably. They've announced the first public release of jitviewer, which is a visualization tool that helps you understand how your code is being compiled by PyPy's JIT, all the way down to assembly. If you just want to see how it looks and play with it, they've set up an online demo — just select a file, and click 'Show Assembler.'" -
Why Is Internic Restricting WHOIS Queries?
Ötti asks: "I just noticed that InterNIC started to restrict access to its WHOIS database. That puts sites like Allwhois into an awkward situation, since they cannot provide lookups anymore. That might sound like a minor problem to those of you located in the U.S., but in other parts of the world it is very convenient to have a unified interface to all registrars in the world. And once again it raises the ultimate questions: Who owns the informations on domain name holders? Why is it not publicly accessible and how can organizations like ICANN help to improve matters?" -
More on GIMP Devel
Chris Frost writes "After the worry sprouted by an earlier article, Sven Neumann has posted what's going on with respect to Gimp 1.1 To cut right to the chase, there's also a list of new features " The list is huge, my favorites include GimpPerl, XInput support (finally I'll have a reason to dig my pen out of the drawer), the Guillotine plugin (useful if you make web pages) and a ton of excellent UI enhancements -
More on GIMP Devel
Chris Frost writes "After the worry sprouted by an earlier article, Sven Neumann has posted what's going on with respect to Gimp 1.1 To cut right to the chase, there's also a list of new features " The list is huge, my favorites include GimpPerl, XInput support (finally I'll have a reason to dig my pen out of the drawer), the Guillotine plugin (useful if you make web pages) and a ton of excellent UI enhancements