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
