Glad to hear it went well! I see there was some things I'm interested in discussed (Clojure, HTML5, NoSQL).. pity I couldn't make it. Perhaps next time!
On 9 February 2010 10:29, kevin gill <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 8 February 2010 22:46, kevin gill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> * Performance >>> - I should start using named tuples instead of dicts in a number >>> of my standard idioms. The will work the same and apparently >>> have less overhead. >> >> Just wanted to note that dictionaries are almost certainly faster to >> create, and possibly faster to access. The main advantage of >> namedtuples is that they use __slots__, which (always?) results in >> lower memory usage, but (based on some measurements I did a while ago) >> are generally slower to access then attribute/item lookup. >> > > Thanks for the clarification. Not for the high performance code sections > then. > >> >>> - Only unladen swallow looks likely to deliver improvements >>> in the near future. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, The 1st Python Unconference in UCD on Saturday was a success. >>>> 10 >>>> people turned up for it (I expected between 5-15 people) and we didn't >>>> finish till 6pm! Special thanks to:- >>>> >>>> - UCD, for letting us use their fantastic lab for the Unconference >>>> (we >>>> didn't need the other 2 rooms after all) >>>> - Sean Murphy, who helped organised and setting up the rooms (and >>>> pointing out the important location of the nearest cafe) >>>> - Brian Brazil, who got us in contact with Sean re. room for our >>>> Unconference >>>> >>>> And finally, big shout out to the folks who turned up to make our first >>>> Unconference work. >>>> >>>> And here is an anonymous feedback form (even if you didn't attend the >>>> unconference) on how we can improve the next Python Unconference event. >>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC0xWElFeFNLenVfSFpZVVVpTDFjOUE6MA >>>> >>>> >>>> Much was discussed about that day, I've created a google page giving >>>> very >>>> brief highlights of what was discussed. The page is open for people who >>>> attended to add their own notes to the relevant sections. >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland/web/python-irelands-1st-unconference-2010 >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> /// Vicky >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>>> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "Python Ireland" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Python Ireland" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Ireland" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > -- Daniel Kersten. Leveraging dynamic paradigms since the synergies of 1985. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
