This should be a good evening! My housemate's a Rubyist who attends their group, and I know a lot of the guys there from the likes of XP Manchester. It'll be nice to meet with them for a change.
No doubt they'll outnumber us by a wide margin, but if Robie turns up we'll be better off, brainpower-wise. One suggestion I have is from something we did at the Preston Codejo recently - we all pair off and look up something from the docs (us at Ruby docs, them at Python docs) and have a play with one of the constructs to see how they work in the other language - say I pick arrays, I read up on how arrays work in ruby, interesting examples of referencing, dereferencing, sub-arrays, etc. and briefly present my findings to the group. We threw around a few ideas at last month's meet and said it would be good if we could have a bot tournament, Python vs. Ruby - but this requires some preparation from collaborating organisers from each party. Maybe some other time. Speaking of which, it was also suggested that we may wish to meet together regularly/periodically in future. What do people think? Ben On Friday, 11 May 2012 09:29:12 UTC+1, Safe wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Owing to a quirk of fate, the Python and Ruby groups at Madlab will need > to share a single room for our meetings next week! Rather than sitting at > opposite corners of the room and talking quietly, I reckon it might be an > good idea to hold a joint meeting. > > Ideas about how we might conduct such an event include: > > - A couple of short Ruby/Python 101's from the respective camps. > - Working through Python/Ruby coding exercises. > - Chatting in the pub afterwards. > > Any thoughts? > > Cheers, > > Safe > > > Safe Hammad > http://safehammad.com > @safehammad > -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
