libshell-perl

run shell commands transparently within perl

The Shell module is a show case, illustrating a few Perl features. It shouldn't be used for production programs. Although it does provide a simple interface for obtaining the standard output of arbitrary commands, there may be better ways of achieving what you need.

ubuntu-release-upgrader-core

manage release upgrades

python-rosinstall

Installer for Robot OS (Python 2)

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The rosinstall package provides a Python API for interacting with a source code workspace as well as a group of command line tools. Rosinstall leverages the vcstools package for source control and stores its state in rosinstall files.

python-phply

PHP parser written in Python using PLY

phply is a parser for the PHP programming language written using PLY, a Lex/YACC-style parser generator toolkit for Python. With this parser you can: - Convert PHP code to Python - Run PHP templates in a Python environment - Learn more about parsing "industrial" languages, warts and all

pypy

fast alternative implementation of Python - PyPy interpreter

PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of the Python language (2.7). It has several advantages and distinct features: * Speed: thanks to its Just-in-Time compiler (on x86), Python programs often run faster on PyPy. * Memory usage: large, memory-hungry Python programs might end up taking less space than they do in CPython. * Compatibility: PyPy is highly compatible with existing Python code. It supports ctypes and can run popular Python libraries like twisted and django. * Stackless: PyPy supports stackless mode on most platforms, providing micro-threads for massive concurrency.

dosage

comic strip downloader and archiver

Dosage downloads comic strips. It can retrieve just the latest strip in a comic, catch-up to the last strip downloaded, or download a strip for a particular date/index if the website layout allows it.