Gothenburg PyPy Sprint II: 7th - 11th December 2005 ====================================================== (NOTE: internal EU-only sprint starts on the 5th!) The next PyPy sprint is scheduled to be in December 2005 in Gothenborg, Sweden. Its main focus is heading towards phase 2, which means JIT work, alternate threading models and logic programming (but there are also other possible topics). We'll give newcomer-friendly introductions. To learn more about the new PyPy Python-in-Python implementation look here: http://codespeak.net/pypy Goals and topics of the sprint ------------------------------ We have released pypy-0.8.0_, which is officially a "research base" for future work. The goal of the Gothenburg sprint is to start exploring new directions and continue in the directions started at the Paris sprint. The currently scheduled main topics are: - The L3 interpreter, a small fast interpreter for "assembler-level" flow graphs. This is heading towards JIT work. - Stackless: write an app-level interface, which might be either Tasklets, as in "Stackless CPython", or the more limited Greenlets. - Porting C modules from CPython. (_socket is not finished) - Optimization/debugging work in general. In particular our thread support is far from stable at the moment and unaccountably slow. - Experimentation: logic programming in Python. A first step might be to try to add logic variables to PyPy. .. _`pypy-0.8.0`: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/release-0.8.0.html Location & Accomodation ------------------------ The sprint will be held in the apartment of Laura Creighton and Jacob Halen which is in Gotabergsgatan 22. The location is central in Gothenburg. It is between the tram_ stops of Vasaplatsen and Valand, where many lines call. .. _tram: http://www.vasttrafik.se Probably cheapest and not too far away is to book accomodation at `SGS Veckobostader`_. (You can have a 10% discount there; ask in the pypy-sprint mailing list for details. We also have some possibilites of free accomodation.) .. _`SGS Veckobostader`: http://www.sgsveckobostader.com Exact times ----------- The public PyPy sprint is held Wednesday 7th - Sunday 11th December 2005. There is a sprint for people involved with the EU part of the project on the two days before the "official" sprint. Hours will be from 10:00 until people have had enough. It's a good idea to arrive a day before the sprint starts and leave a day later. In the middle of the sprint there usually is a break day and it's usually ok to take half-days off if you feel like it. Network, Food, currency ------------------------ Sweden is not part of the Euro zone. One SEK (krona in singular, kronor in plural) is roughly 1/10th of a Euro (9.15 SEK to 1 Euro). The venue is central in Gothenburg. There is a large selection of places to get food around, from edible-and-cheap to outstanding. You normally need a wireless network card to access the network, but we can provide a wireless/ethernet bridge. Sweden uses the same kind of plugs as Germany. 230V AC. Registration etc.pp. -------------------- Please subscribe to the `PyPy sprint mailing list`_, introduce yourself and post a note that you want to come. Feel free to ask any questions there! There also is a separate `Gothenburg people`_ page tracking who is already thought to come. If you have commit rights on codespeak then you can modify yourself a checkout of http://codespeak.net/svn/pypy/extradoc/sprintinfo/gothenburg-2005/people.txt .. _`PyPy sprint mailing list`: http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-sprint .. _`Gothenburg people`: http://codespeak.net/pypy/extradoc/sprintinfo/gothenburg-2005/people.html