OSS Speaker Series: Python for Programmer

Google Tech Talks
April 10, 2007

ABSTRACT

Python is a popular very-high-level programming language, with a clean and spare syntax, simple and regular semantics, a large standard library and a wealth of third-party extensions, libraries and tools. With several production-quality open-source implementations available, many excellent books, and growing acceptance in both industry and academia, Python can play some useful role within a huge variety of software development projects.

Moreover, Python is really easy to learn, particularly (though not exclusively) for programmers who are skilled at such languages as Java, C++ and C. This talk addresses software developers who are experienced in other...

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[shrimpoffthebarbie]

Very poorly filmed and the editing is even worse. Once he finally gets on to the code, this video becomes unwatchable because the camera stays on him most of the time.

[simengrs]

He has valuable information however his English is just annoying to listen to.

[ThunderAppeal]

@klined Thats an amusing statement considering that almost the whole engine was lifted out of perl and put in to python. Most of the memory allocation algorithms was lifted from perl and implemented in to python.

[chiangmaigate]

So... he can not say "Basically"... he says "bAh-SICK-LEe". I just wonder why someone din't tell him... or maybe they did and that's why he OVER-uses this word. bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe.

He can say Bay (of pigs or piggies) but he can not say Basically.Instead he choose to sound like a sheep (Baaaahh, Baaahhh).

I can't listen to him when he made this choice of irritating people.

[chiangmaigate]

So... he can not say "Basically"... he says "bAh-SICK-LEe". I just wonder why someone din't tell him... or maybe they did and that's why he OVER-uses this word. bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe, bAh-SICK-LEe.

He can say Bay (of pigs or piggies) but he can not say Basically.Instead he choose to sound like a sheep (Baaaahh, Baaahhh).

I can't listen to him when he made this choice of irritating people.

[wstiolph]

Nice scope, but has two drawbacks, one severe

(1) 30 minutes of 'python has good books and open source' talk, which is 25 minutes too much

(2) this ruined it for me: the camera guy very quickly gets bored of looking at the code on the slides and cuts back to watching the speaker ... long before the speaker gets done with the slide. So he talks but you no longer have any idea what about!

I gave up at about minute 60.

[MrNukesftw]

Incorrect, if the user is highly advanced they can put a extra 2-3 years into a game to make it in python...A example is Battlefield 1943 was made in python by 200 people taking a total of 1 1/2 years

[sunurreta]

omg i just watched 6 minutes i almost fell asleep sorry for the ppl whos sitting there lol

he drift away from the main subject oftne

[Arkblu]

How so?

[itsbrad212]

PHP is powerful if u know how to use it :D