From egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com Mon Nov 26 12:33:16 2001
From: egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com (egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:33:16 +0100
Subject: [eGenix.com ANN] ANN: eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package 2.0.4
Message-ID: <3C02368C.95952307@lemburg.com>
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ANNOUNCING:
eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package for Python
Version 2.0.4
Full Source Python extensions providing important and useful
services for Python programmers.
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WHAT IS IT ?:
The eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Package for Python is part of the
eGenix.com mx Extension Series for Python, a collection of
professional quality software tools which enhance Python's usability
in many important areas such as ODBC database connectivity, fast text
processing, date/time processing and web site programming.
This commercial package includes the popular mxODBC extension which
allows users to connect from Python to just about any database on the
market today, on Windows, Unix and Linux.
By providing a consistent interface on all supported platforms,
mxODBC serves as perfect base for writing cross-platform database
programs and utilities.
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WHAT'S NEW ?
Compatibility to Unicode-aware ODBC drivers such as the latest
MS Access and MS SQL Server ODBC drivers was enhanced in mxODBC.
It is now possible to exchange native Unicode data with these
Unicode-capable databases using mxODBC.
As always we are providing precompiled versions of the package for
Windows and Linux as well as sources which allow you to install the
package on all other supported platforms.
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SPECIAL OFFER
theKompany.com has licensed the eGenix.com mx Commercial Package
(which includes mxODBC) for inclusion in their brand new Qt-based
Python IDE BlackAdder. It allows developing portable GUI-based
database applications which run on Windows and Linux platforms without
any change to the source code.
BlackAdder includes a 1 CPU license for this package at no extra cost,
so you may want to check out their great new product. See
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#BlackAdder
for details.
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EGENIX.COM MX COMMERCIAL PACKAGE OVERVIEW:
mxODBC - Generic ODBC 2.0-3.5 interface for Python
mxODBC is an extension package that provides a Python Database
API compliant interface to ODBC capable database drivers and
managers.
In addition to the capabilities provided through the standard DB
API it also gives access to a rich set of catalog methods which
allow you to scan the database for tables, procedures,
etc. Furthermore, it uses the mxDateTime package for date/time
value interfacing eliminating most of the problems these types
normally introduce (other in/output formats are available too).
mxODBC allows you to interface to more than one database from one
process, making inter-database interfacing very flexible and
reliable.
The source version includes a varity of preconfigured setups for
many commonly used databases such as MySQL, Oracle, Informix,
Solid, SAP DB, Sybase ASA and ASE, DBMaker and many more. The
precompiled versions for Windows and Linux include the interfaces
to the standard ODBC manager on these platforms to allow for a
more easily configurable setup.
More details are available at:
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/mxODBC.html
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WHERE CAN I GET IT ?
The download archives and instructions for installing the packages can
be found at:
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/
Note that in order to use the eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL package you
will also need to install the eGenix.com mx BASE package which can
be downloaded from the same location.
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WHAT DOES IT COST ?
mxODBC comes with a licenses which allows non-commercial use at no
charge, but places a moderate fee on commercial users. Special
licensing setups are available for commercial product
developers. Please see
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#mxCOMMERCIAL
for details. The package comes with full source code.
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WHERE CAN I GET SUPPORT ?
Commercial quality support for these packages is available from
eGenix.com Software GmbH. Please see
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#Support
for details about the eGenix support offerings.
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REFERENCE:
eGenix.com mx
COMMERCIAL Package 2.0.4 - eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Interface
2.0.4 with distutils support and precompiled binaries for Windows and
Linux. (26-Nov-2001)
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Enjoy,
--
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
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Consulting & Company: http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software: http://www.lemburg.com/python/
From egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com Mon Nov 26 14:13:57 2001
From: egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com (egenix-announcements@lists.egenix.com)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:13:57 +0100
Subject: [eGenix.com ANN] ANN: Python Benchmark Suite -- pybench 1.0
Message-ID: <3C024E25.3F999148@lemburg.com>
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ANNOUNCING:
pybench -- The Python Benchmark Suite
Version 1.0.0
Extendable suite of of low-level benchmarks for measuring
the performance of the Python implementation
(interpreter, compiler or VM).
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WHAT IS IT ?:
pybench is a collection of tests that provides a standardized way
to measure the performance of Python implementations. It takes a
very close look at different aspects of Python programs and let's
you decide which factors are more important to you than others,
rather than wrapping everything up in one number, like the other
performance tests do (e.g. pystone which is included in the Python
Standard Library).
pybench has been used in the past by several Python developers to
track down performance bottlenecks or to demonstrate the impact
of optimizations and new features in Python.
There's currently no documentation and no distutils support in
pybench; that'll go into one of the next releases. For now,
please read the source code. The command line interface for pybench
is the file pybench.py. Run this script with option '--help'
to get a listing of the possible options. Without options,
pybench will simply execute the benchmark and then print out
a report to stdout. Here's some sample output:
"""
Tests: per run per oper. overhead
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BuiltinFunctionCalls: 131.50 ms 1.03 us 0.50 ms
BuiltinMethodLookup: 195.85 ms 0.37 us 1.00 ms
CompareFloats: 126.00 ms 0.28 us 1.00 ms
CompareFloatsIntegers: 201.05 ms 0.45 us 0.50 ms
CompareIntegers: 192.05 ms 0.21 us 2.00 ms
CompareInternedStrings: 117.65 ms 0.24 us 3.50 ms
...
TryExcept: 289.75 ms 0.19 us 3.00 ms
TryRaiseExcept: 179.05 ms 11.94 us 1.00 ms
TupleSlicing: 159.75 ms 1.52 us 0.50 ms
UnicodeMappings: 171.85 ms 9.55 us 1.00 ms
UnicodePredicates: 152.05 ms 0.68 us 4.00 ms
UnicodeProperties: 203.00 ms 1.01 us 4.00 ms
UnicodeSlicing: 190.10 ms 1.09 us 2.00 ms
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Average round time: 10965.00 ms
"""
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WHAT'S NEW ?
This release includes a few more tests and extends the range of
supported Python versions to 1.5.x - 2.2. It is also the first
publically announced new version of pybench in years.
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WHERE CAN I GET IT ?
The download archive of the package can be found at:
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/
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WHAT DOES IT COST ?
pybench comes with a Python style license, which means that you can
use them in both commercial and non-commercial settings without
fee or charge. It comes with full source code.
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WHERE CAN I GET SUPPORT ?
Commercial quality support for this package is available from
eGenix.com Software GmbH in form of support tickets. Please see
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#Support
for details about the eGenix support offerings.
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REFERENCE:
pybench 1.0 -
Python Benchmark Suite. (26-Nov-2001)
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Enjoy,
--
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
______________________________________________________________________
Company & Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/
Python Software: http://www.lemburg.com/python/