[Yhslug] Fw: IS&T Colloquium - Wednesdy, November 8, 2006, 3:30 pm (fwd)

[Matt Ahrens]

FYI, double forward, but still could be interesting for the python people
in the group.

	-matt

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:12:00 -0500
From: Paul Ahrens <pahrens at patriot.net>
To: Matt Ahrens <matt at patriot.net>
Subject: Fw: IS&T Colloquium - Wednesdy, November 8, 2006, 3:30 pm

IS&T Colloquium - Wednesdy, November 8, 2006, 3:30 pmFYI
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Kobler
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Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: IS&T Colloquium - Wednesdy, November 8, 2006, 3:30 pm


Fall 2006 Colloquium Series


Barry Warsaw


What Is Python?
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Building 3 Auditorium - 3:30 PM
(Refreshments at 3:00 PM)
http://ISandTcolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov


Barry Warsaw will talk about "What is Python?". In this talk, Barry Warsaw
will answer this question by giving a brief history of the Python
programming language, and a somewhat less brief introduction to the
language.  The talk will include code samples that illustrate the most
salient properties of Python: its open-source licensing, cross-platform
availability, object-orientation, dynamic typing, byte-compilation,
modularity, and extensibility.  This talk is aimed at programmers who do not
know Python but would like to whet their appetite.  Some programming
experience is expected, but knowledge of Python is not.

The Barry Warsaw has been a core Python developer since 1995. A professional
programmer for over 25 years, Barry started his career with 10 years with
the federal government at NBS/NIST. In 1990 he moved to the private sector
and in 1994 joined the non-profit Corporation for National Research
Initiatives in Reston VA. There he met Guido van Rossum, Python's inventor,
and worked with him until 2003 when Guido moved to California. Now Principal
Software Engineer for Secure Software, Inc. in McLean VA, Barry continues to
do most of his development work, both professional and extracurricular, in
Python. He continues to lead the GNU Mailman mailing list management project
and contributes to numerous other open source projects, including Python.

IS&T Colloquium Committee Host: Karen Moe,
Karen.L.Moe at nasa.gov
Sign language interpreter upon request: 301-286-8313
Request future announcements: kjeter at pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov

Future IS&T Fall 2006 Colloquium:

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
LARRY BERGMAN
Manager, Space Mission Information Systems Technology Program Office, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
IT in Robotic Space Exploration: Mars and beyond
-- 
Ben.Kobler at nasa.gov, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 301-286-5231