[Python-Dev] Re: native code compiler? (or, OCaml vs. Python)

[Dan Sugalski]

At 1:41 PM -0500 2/3/03, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>  > The stakes are low because I have to pony up the cash if I lose--my
>>  budget's limited, and regardless of how confident I am of winning, if
>>  I put up a lot, my wife will kill me dead for making the challenge
>>  and, well I think I'd rather avoid that. :)
>
>Especially as you'd automatically lose if your wife were to kill you. :)

Well, we might still beat you, though I'd *definitely* lose personally. :)

>  > Shall we, then, arrange the details at OSCON 2003, if you'll be
>>  there? I expect we can twist the conference organizer's arm into
>>  letting us make a tiny announcement near the end...
>
>Sure.  We should do this as a lightning talk in the Python lightning
>track.

Works for me. I doubt we'll need that much time to work things out.

OTOH, as conferences love animosity, real or imagined, it wouldn't 
surprise me if Tim O'Reilly'd be happy to announce this if we can 
work the details out ahead of time. Fine with me either way...
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                                         Dan

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