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Programmer's Python - Class
Mike James

Everything in Python is an object, but we need some way of creating new custom objects. Class in Python is something that beginners tend to ignore, but you can't be a Python programmer without it.

Java was 25 years old on May 23, 2020 and now is as good a time as any to learn about how this most popular language came about.

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Microsoft Open Sources GW-BASIC
27 May | Sue Gee

Microsoft has put the original 8088 assembly language sources for its GW-BASIC interpreter on GitHub. The files are being open-sourced for historical reference and educational purposes. So don't consider making any pull requests!

Changes to the Java Release Cycle coupled with Oracle's changes to its licensing model, have provided a market opportunity for Open JDK support vendors, including Azul Systems. 

SQLite has been updated twice in quick succession, firstly a planned release that adds support for approximate Analyze using the Pragma analysis_limit command, then an update to fix a longstanding flaw.

Introducing a tool to search through code for flaws where plain regexes fall flat and using Static Application Security Testing would be overkill.

Designed to give data scientists a more powerful way to store, update, analyze, and share large sets of data, TileDB lets you model data as either a dense or a sparse multi-dimensional array. Now updated to Version 2.

Language extensions - that's SQL Server's way of calling Java programs from within T/SQL and it's very useful. 

Microsoft Solitaire has turned 30, and Microsoft is marking the occasion with a world-record breaking attempt for the most games played in a single day. Microsoft estimates that Solitaire is still being played by 35 million people a month, with 100 million games played daily. 

Windows and Linux are natural enemies, but they have been growing closer together. Build 2020 sees them join at the GUI. Could this be the year of the Linux desktop? If it is, who would have predicted that it would be all because of MS. 

Java celebrates its 25th birthday on May 23rd. A class-based, object-oriented, strongly-typed language, it is known for its "write once run anywhere" philosophy and as the most widely used "professional programming" language.

The open-source raster graphics editor, GIMP, gets a big creative boost with brand new Machine Learning extensions dubbed
GIMP-ML. 

Microsoft has unexpectedly announced a new package manager for Windows. The announcement was made at Build 2020, Microsoft's conference for developers that's being held virtually this year.