Hi Nathaniel,

I would like to suggest one more topic for the workshop. I see a big need for a library (jffi) similar to cffi but that provides a bridge to Java instead of C code. The ability to seamlessly work with native Java data/code would offer a huge improvement when python code needs to work with the Spark/Hadoop ecosystem. The current mechanisms which involve serializing data to/from Java can kill performance for some applications and can render Python unsuitable for these cases.

John