On 5/24/06, Adelle Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> > So, what does everybody think of reviving the old Python SIG, and
> > possibly combining it with a Ruby one?
>
> At which point, you're only a couple of steps away from
> making it an "Open Source Developer's Club" [1] for Sydney
> folks. Thoughts?
Sounds pretty neat to me. I'm language neutral with limited experience in
most of them. I'd rather hang out with people who use different
languages/tools/OS's and think differently from me than with people who use
the same languages/tools/OS's as me and think the same way I do.
I'm also mostly a Windows user, which is why I'm on this list.
Adelle.
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While the concept of a language-independent coding group is a good
one, I think the idea of a Snakes & Rubies one is better. Here's why.
Firstly, codefests are pretty much coder meetings. Why start up
another sub-group? Fragmentation, it has been said, is bad - and there
are only so many events one can make it to in a month. I think this
particular task is best left to codefests, for codefests have
internets and talks and general coolness. Plus, the infrastructure is
already there.
Python and Ruby are in many ways very similar. Their coders lend
themselves to similar schools of thought, or engage in merciless
bloodlust for the Other Kind. However, having a Snakes and Rubies
group would bring the two groups together in a (hopefully) peaceful
way, and lead to civil discussions and productive conversations.
Of course, there's nothing stopping anyone from coding Python or Ruby
at a codefest (obviously) and likewise from turning up at an S&R meet
and pimping, I don't know, o'caml. Be open-minded :)
Codefests for code. S&R for scripting. That's what SIGs are all about.
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