Topics covered in this episode:

The weird quirk with rounding in Python
Python interpreter adds tail calls
Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans
Extra, extra, extra
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Brian #1: The weird quirk with rounding in Python

Tom Nijhof-Verheesb
With numbers ending in .5, Python always rounds to an even number.
- round(0.5) → 0
- round(1.5) → 2
- etc
This follows IEEE 754
You can use decimal if you need a different behavior.

Michael #2: Python interpreter adds tail calls

Brian #3: Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans

Rodrigo
“Don't use the method replace to remove punctuation from a Python string. Instead, use the method translate.”

Michael #4: Extra, extra, extra

Animation v Coding, hello world to transformers
TypeScript rewritten in Go
Firefox lies
PyCon’s Startup Row
Python in Production Book

Extras

Joke: Startrek Testing

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