From jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us Tue Mar 7 19:56:27 2000 From: jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us (Jeremy Hylton) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:56:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [DCPIGgies] Meeting on Monday, March 13 Message-ID: <14533.24299.657143.187936@goon.cnri.reston.va.us> The number of attendees for the next meeting is looking a bit smaller than last time. (see the annoucement at the end of the message) I can imagine any number of reasons for this, but I would be more interested in hearing from people on the list. If you are planning to attend and haven't already sent me email, please do right now! If you're not planning to attend, I would appreciate it if you could let me know why. In general, some questions are-- What is a good day and time to meet? Is Monday evening bad? How frequently should we meet? If you reply in private email, I will summarize responses on the list. Jeremy ANNOUNCEMENT: The next DCPIGgies (DC Python Interest Group) meeting is less than a week away. The meeting will be held at CNRI on Monday, March 13 from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to me: jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us. Speaker: Scott Cotton Static Type and Interface Checking for Python General Review and Fundamental Decisions Abstract ---------- This presentation reviews various possible ways of adding static type checking to python. The problem poses two questions: 1) What sort of static type checking system would be most appropriate for python? 2) By what means may static type checking be made optional? A decision tree for each question is presented based on a combination of type theory, an understanding of python, and properties that have become apparent in the development of a sample type checking system. Finally, we discuss some overall approaches that would maximize the benefits and/or minimize the drawbacks of adding optional static type checking to python. Scott will be speaking from 8:00 to 9:00pm. We will have food and introductions starting at 7:30pm. We may also have some time after the talk for Q&A with Guido and Barry on Python and JPython. Pizza, salad, and soda will be provided courtesy of Foretec Seminars. Please RSVP by email to jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us. I need to know how many people will attend and how many will be eating pizza. Directions to CNRI can be found on the Web: http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/directions.html See you there! -- Jeremy Hylton