Monthly Archives: April 2006

Genetic switches

There is the basis for an interesting sci fi story here…  Genetic switches could, perhaps, trigger some remarkable ability such as extra sensory perception.  Perhaps they could be artificially introduced to hide a trait.

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Python’s “with” keyword

Python recently introduced the “with” keyword. It is another way of automatically cleaning up something at the end of a block. It is a way to try and get some of the destructor functionality of C++ into a garbage collected … Continue reading

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