I found a good homework and posted at Codenone since last week. The first question is about Mandelbrot Set. Actually, this problem could be categorized in compute intensive which should be solved in low-level language to let it run as fast as possible. However, we are talking about alternative languages aka scripting languages like Python and Ruby so I will try to solve this problem in Python. For the solution in Ruby, please go to another post.

I got a question about formating decimal number in Python by adding comma in appropriate positions. The most recommend approach is to use built-in locale support. In my opinion, this is not too difficult to implement and there are many approaches. I just want to give an example here as a guideline.

I am a programmer and I also would like to teach all I know for years to my son. He is 5 years old and know a little bit English. Actually, I want to try teaching Python but it might be too difficult for a kids who are not familiar to English language. I don't know which the best language for kid but my first programming language is Logo so I decied to give it a try.

As I posted about Greatest Common Divisor last week, I also promised to discuss the application of GCD. Note that if you are interesting in Ruby, I recommend to read about GCD in Ruby at this blog. Actually, GCD is very simple concept. The only application of GCD I known for many years is to find Prime number. Theoretically, a number x will be a prime number if its GCD is 1. Actually, what we used for recent years are running GCD seamlessly. For example, private key infrastructure or PKI is heavily used GCD for finding a pair of keys.

Actually, I like to work with SQLite or MySQL because they are so very easy to find and work with. However, sometimes we might need to work with Microsoft SQL. Working with MSSQL on MS Windows is quite easy. There are so many drivers on that platform. Unfortunately, I am living on Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and my favorite programming language is [Python][]. As a result, I have to find a way to contact MSSQL through Python.

If you have used Drupal for a while, you may notice jQuery in Drupal 5. If you visit www.ubuntu.com, you may also notice that it looks like Drupal right now. According to this post, Matt Nuzum confirmed that it is Drupal. This site looks very beautiful. The most interesting is that it uses mootools which is another javascript library. Actually, mootools should conflict to jQuery. So the question is how to use mootools in Drupal site.