[Chicago] ANN ChiPy January Meeting Thursday the 8th at Roosevelt University Computer

[Frederick Polgardy]

Whoa.  At 10 min per talk, this is already at 2+ hrs., and we haven't even
gotten to the Py3K part yet.  What's the plan?
-Fred

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Brian Ray <bray at sent.com> wrote:

>
> Chicago Python User Group
> =========================
>
> Go ChiPy! The world's most successful user group strikes again!
>
> The agenda for this month's ChiPy meeting includes a presentation by
> Computer Software Consultant and Contractor, Allan Spale, on Python 3000
> (Py3k) official release. This is the result of over three years of work by
> the Python Team and is the first ever intentionally backwards incompatible
> Python release.
>
> The rest of the meeting will consist of short timed verbal comparisons of
> other programming languages to Python by some of ChiPy most notable members.
> All presenters will be given a short list of questions about the language
> features they must answer during the talk.  The best presentation will be
> voted on at the end of the meeting. Future meetings may be dedicated to any
> interesting topic's found during the first ChiPy meeting of 2009.
>
> Our host for the meeting is the Roosevelt University Computer Association
> (RUCA). Thanks in advance for kindly hosting this event full of colorful
> languages and people.
>
> This *will* be our best meeting yet.
>
> Topics
> ------
>        • Py3k Official Release, the next version of the Python Programming
> Language - Allan Spale
>        • The Python Language Comparison Lighting Talks:
>                        • C - Daniel Griffin
>                        • tcl/tk - tentative
>                        • Logo - Ian Bicking
>                        • Smalltalk -Ian Bicking
>                        • Groovy - David Durham
>                        • JAVA - Garrett Smith
>                        • Ruby - Frederick Polgardy
>                        • JavaScript - Frederick Polgardy
>                        • Boo - Feihong Hsu
>                        • C++ - Allan LeSage
>                        • Lua - Allan LeSage
>                        • Clojure - Cosmin Stejerean
>                        • C# - Marc Temkin
>
>
> When
> ----
>
> Thursday, January 8th, ~7pm
>
> Location
> --------
>
> Roosevelt University, Gage Building, 18 S. Michigan Ave, 5th floor
>
>
> About ChiPy
> -----------
>
> ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs.
> Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago.
> Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational
> efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info.
>
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