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August 2012

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ChiPy *special* August Meeting: *this* Thursday 9th 7pm at Morningstar with Chicago ALT.NET
by Brian Ray Aug. 7, 2012

Aug. 7, 2012

#!/sbin/awesome -v Chicago Python User Group ==================== This is going to be monumental. Join us with special guests Bill Gates and Guido van Rossum as Chicago ALT.NET http://chicagoalt.net/ co-hosts our best meeting ever: best at Morningstar HQ; or anywhere else on the planet; or in cyberspace; or on Mars, for that matter or for anit-matter. Bill and Guido have kindly offered to buy food and beer for the event. This will be best ever! Pretty Please RSVP Quick Links: YES http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/51/yes MAYBE http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/51/maybe OR RSVP on the ALT.net site http://altnetchicago-groupsite.eventbrite.com/ When ---- Thursday August 9th, 2012 at 7PM Where ----- Morningstar Inc: Global Headquarters 22 W Washington St, 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 Topics --------------- Food and Intro By Brian Ray and Sponsors: Get there early for food, doors open at 6:30 1) Python inspired: Boo By: Scott Stephens * Static typing with type inference * Optional duck typing * Many meta-programming facilities, including an extensible compiler infrastructure * A nice interactive console, an interpreter, AND a traditional compiler * Comparisons to Python 2) From Mono to IronPython By: Fawad Halim Introduction to Mono, what it means in relation to .NET, with a segway into IronPython. ** at some point there will some open discussion and some trust building exercises. About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers. Participants range from absolute beginners to seasoned veterans. In short, *everyone* is welcome (including you)! Every second Thursday of the month ChiPy members gather to give talks on a wide variety of topics related to Python and related technology. Our community benefits from a variety of participants, so we would love it if you would make yourself a participant! ChiPy website: http://chipy.org ChiPy Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chipy-announce Python website: http://python.org EOF -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717

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