[IAEP] PyCon 2010 Invitation

[Lucian Branescu]

And there is actually quite a bit of healthy competition for
performance between the various python VMs. PyPy for example is
generally faster
(http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-benchmarking.html) than
Unladen Swallow, CPython or even CPython+psyco, but lacks
compatibility to the CPython C API (just ctypes).

Sorry for the offtopicness.

2009/11/24 Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org>:
> Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 21:28, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Think there would be interest in the Sugar View Source feature? And
>>> how it is being used in the field?
>>
>> And maybe about python-related performance issues we have found in our
>> use of it? AFAIUI, Python has still much to grow in desktop
>> application development.
>
> Indeed. With the development of Unladen Swallow, performance issues are
> particularly hot right now, and the View Source feature has always
> interested programmers.
>
> Cheers,
> Vern
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm the coordinator of the poster session for the national Python
>>>> programmers conference in Atlanta, Feb 19-21 2010, and a long-time
>>>> lurker on this list. I'm writing to invite anyone with a Pythonic topic
>>>> to submit a poster proposal and to come to PyCon if you can, or to
>>>> submit a virtual poster, if you can't make it to Atlanta.
>>>>
>>>> Poster sessions are new to us, and we're hoping they will offer more
>>>> people a chance to present on a more diverse array of topics.
>>>> We're also looking for virtual posters (5 min videos), particularly from
>>>> the education community, both students and teachers.
>>>>
>>>> For more information about the poster session visit
>>>> http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/posters/ and for the conference in
>>>> general (including registration fees, lodging, etc) go to
>>>> http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/posters/
>>>>
>>>> The official deadline for poster submissions is the end of the month,
>>>> but the proposal process is a very simple one, only requiring a few
>>>> paragraphs of description. In addition, it's possible that we will be
>>>> accepting poster proposals after that date on a "space available" basis.
>>>> Also, the virtual poster deadline is considerably later.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry I didn't get this to the Sugar community sooner - I had
>>>> assumed, since the Python and Sugar communities overlap a bit, that you
>>>> probably were aware of what was happening with PyCon, but I now realize
>>>> that I was probably assuming too much.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, I think that both communities might benefit from some Sugar
>>>> related posters or virtual posters, so I hope that someone will come up
>>>> with something. I should also mention that there is some financial aid
>>>> is available to attend PyCon - please check
>>>> http://us.pycon.org/2010/registration/financial-aid/ for more information.
>>>>
>>>> So please share this with developers, colleagues and students, and if
>>>> you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Vern Ceder, Poster Session Coordinator, PyCon 2010
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> This time for sure!
>>>>    -Bullwinkle J. Moose
>>>> -----------------------------
>>>> Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
>>>> Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
>>>> vceder at canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Walter Bender
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>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> This time for sure!
>    -Bullwinkle J. Moose
> -----------------------------
> Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
> Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
> vceder at canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137
> _______________________________________________
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