That video is still available: http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/pythonvideo.php On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:00 AM, <edu-sig-request@python.org> wrote:

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:39:17 -0400 From: Andre Roberge <andre.roberge@gmail.com> To: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> Subject: [Edu-sig] Python testimonial sought... Message-ID: <CAGMu_=ox-hV3=4SZBK6qYe9YJagtA9-SJmc2440nA08Z2NJDBA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

A few years ago (at least 5 I believe) I remember reading an account from two students who had to do a term project in their final CS year. They decided to do it in Python (which they had learned on their own) whereas everyone else was using something like C++ or Java which was taught in their department. From what I remember, they completed the required work in something like 4 weeks whereas no other student team managed to do it while working for the entire term.

Does anyone remember this and, more crucially, would have a link to the original story?

Andr?