[socal-piggies] Proposed next meeting: Thursday July 13th at USC, 7 PM

[Greg Abbas]

Thanks Steve.

Regarding Python versus Ruby, I suppose I owe you an answer if I'm  
going to be putting snide remarks in my slides :-). To tell the  
truth, I don't really have an informed opinion on the subject, I just  
like kidding about it. I learned Python before I had ever heard of  
Ruby, and I've never really had a reason to put in the effort to  
learn Ruby. Maybe I'm reluctant because Ruby syntax seems a bit  
cryptic, which reminds me of how much I dislike Perl. But in any  
case, I guess I like that Python seems to be getting used in a  
variety of applications (including motion picture visual effects),  
not just Rails.

BTW here are the slides I used this evening:

http://gregabbas.com/socal-piggies/2006-07-13/Slides.html	
http://gregabbas.com/socal-piggies/2006-07-13/Slides.pdf

and here are the URLs I mentioned:

http://www.djangoproject.com/
http://groups.google.com/group/django-users
http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers
http://www.allyourpixel.com/

-g.

On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Steve Wedig wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the talks today, I enjoyed them both!
>
> I forgot to ask this at the meeting: why is python better than ruby?
> I've read pickaxe and so forth and I like python better, but I'd
> appreciate learning why you all like python better.
>
> Also, here are the keynotes for RailsConf. Martin Fowler's is good, he
> talks about general concepts more than ruby specific. He also briefly
> talks about why he switched from Python to Ruby. It seems to boil down
> to ruby being more similar to smalltalk, his old friend.
>
> http://blog.scribestudio.com/pages/rails/
>
> - Steve
>
> On 7/6/06, Grig Gheorghiu <grig at gheorghiu.net> wrote:
>> Yes, the agenda is:
>>
>> - Daniel Arbuckle: "Erlang for Python programmers";
>> - Greg Abbas: "Introduction to Django"
>>
>> (assuming Greg can make it to the meeting)
>>
>> Grig
>>
>> --- Bertil Askelid <bertil at Askelid.com> wrote:
>>
>>>    I'll be there.  Is this the Erlang presentation?
>>>
>>>       With Kindest Regards
>>>
>>>          Bertil Askelid
>>>          Anaheim Hills, California
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:24:57AM -0700, Grig Gheorghiu wrote:
>>> <> Let me know if you can make it.
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