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Arthur wrote: > I do think that hearing from the chief architect of the OLPC, > presumably with deep Python knowledge and *on the subject of the > architecture of OLPC* - is great. The issue being the *implementation > of an architecture* - which is what progammers do. And there is good > reason to presume this implementation presented some interesting > challenges - dealing with resources limitations, for one. And how > those challenges are being addressed should, presumably, be of > general interest to a programming audience. > > So what (truly) surprises me most from Jeff's announcement is the > title of that architect's talk. It sounds like an cool-aid > invitation, not the technical talk I would have expected. Worry not, you're definitely getting a technical talk. There's plenty of cool tech to discuss and show off, and I don't intend to skip over any of it. But what we're doing at OLPC has much broader implications than just being a cool use of Python, and I think it'd be foolish to not talk about those. So the snappy title is there because it sounds more interesting, I hope, than 'OLPC and frobnicating the phase multiplexer with Python,' and also because it doesn't constrain me to _only_ discussing the technical bits. For what it's worth, I have been doing bits of teaching in various capacities over the past 5 or so years, and have even managed to get some awards shoved at me for it. So while I'm by no means a formal educator and don't have decades of experience behind me, I do think I'm not just waving my hands when I talk about education. Which I will. -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GPG: 0x147C722D _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
