The next Python conference, PyCon 2005, is scheduled for March 23-25 in Washington DC. Jim Hugunin, author of IronPython and original author of Jython, will be giving a keynote. The PyPy team is planning to be there, and current Jython developer Samuele Pedroni is also probably going to attend.
The conference will therefore be a good place for discussion between teams working on Python implementations. Some suggested ideas for related con events have been: * A panel discussion about which parts of the parrotbench benchmark are the most difficult and easiest to implement. * Python standardization -- do the various implementations run into issues with the languaage reference or test suite? It's not yet clear if Guido van Rossum will be at PyCon, but if he is it's a good opportunity to raise issues. Doubtless you can think of more ideas. It would be great if Python-on-Parrot had some presence at PyCon; if anyone is interested in going, please see http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/ for location and registration details. The deadline for proposal submissions is this Friday, Dec. 31st; see the Call for Proposals at http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/cfp.html for details. There's also going to be lots of open space in the PyCon schedule for BoFs and impromptu presentations, and open space may be better suited for informal cross-team discussions. --amk