[Baypiggies] BayPiggies Talk for April 23

[jim]

Hi, Damian, 
   Please confirm that you're our speaker for the 
BayPIGgies talk this coming Thursday, April 23, at 
the Symantec VCafe. 
   If you need directions or any other information, 
please ask. 
jim for BayPIGgies 
415 823 4590 my cellphone, call anytime 




On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 13:08 -0800, Damian Eads wrote:
> (As it turns out, I needed to subscribe to the list to reply. Here is my reply.)
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Looking over my calendar, April 23 is completely free although March
> 26 may work. I'm actually in California for the next five months
> working on my dissertation so traveling to Mountain View is not a
> problem. I spend six months in NM then six months in CA, back and
> forth.
> 
> One correction I'd like to make. The title of my talk will be
> "Alternatives for Writing C and C++ Extensions for Computer Vision
> Research."
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Damian
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Stephen McInerney
> <spmcinerney at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > ++ on Pete on Factory module for February.
> >
> > In that case maybe the Apr 23 would work for Damian (I think the Mar 26 is
> > out for him),
> > and as mentioned he's coming from out-of-state. Jim can you talk offline
> > with Damian?
> > In that case our tentative schedule would be [Jim please confirm]
> >
> > [February 26] Pete Fein on Factory module
> > [March 26] OPEN
> > [April 23] maybe Damian Eads (if you can confirm this)?
> >
> >
> >> From: jim at well.com
> >> To: pfein at pobox.com
> >> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:36:47 -0800
> >> CC: baypiggies at python.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Baypiggies] Talk @ Baypiggies in Feb?
> >>
> >>
> >> let's do it.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 11:26 -0800, Pete wrote:
> >> > On Jan 17, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Pete <pfein at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> > >> Hiya-
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I was wondering if I could give a talk at next month's meeting.
> >> > >> It'd be on
> >> > >> my Factory module: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Factory/
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I gave this talk at Chipy a few months ago, and it was very well
> >> > >> received.
> >> > >> It's about 1/2 hour long.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Lemme know.
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm cc'ing the rest of BayPiggies:
> >> > >
> >> > > Your description sounded interesting to me. Jim and Tony organize the
> >> > > speakers, and they usually try to line up people a few months in
> >> > > advance. I'm not sure exactly when they have a slot for you, but you
> >> >
> >> > I'm only going to be here through late March... given the change to
> >> > the 4th Thursday, I'd need to do this next month (February) or not at
> >> > all.
> >> >
> >> > > have a +1 from me. You might want to describe it a little more so
> >> > > that the other people on the mailing list can get excited and give you
> >> > > a +1 as well ;)
> >> >
> >> > Here's an abstract:
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------------------------
> >> > Factory is an object-oriented approach to partial function
> >> > application, also known as currying.
> >> >
> >> > Python 2.5 added support for currying with the addition of
> >> > functools.partial:
> >> > http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-309-partial-function-application
> >> >
> >> > The Factory module is a more powerful implementation of this pattern.
> >> > Some improvements include:
> >> > - safer, as invalid arguments are detected immediately, instead of
> >> > at call time
> >> > - intelligent support for classes, instance methods & all other
> >> > callables
> >> > - bound arguments can be inspected and modified as attributes
> >> > - several convenient methods for (re)binding arguments
> >> >
> >> > Using Factories can:
> >> > - simplify writing callbacks
> >> > - reduce bugs in concurrent applications
> >> > - provide easy lazy evaluation
> >> >
> >> > This talk will demonstrate the Factory module and discuss its
> >> > implementation and uses. Familiarity with currying is helpful but not
> >> > required. More information is available at
> >> > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Factory/
> >> > -----------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > The talk itself consists mainly of a live demo of the module, followed
> >> > by a brief review of its implementation. It falls more on the side of
> >> > "cool things you can do that are unique to Python", in contrast to the
> >> > more typical "how to parse TPS reports in Python (or Perl or Java
> >> > or ...)" . As such, it's a good insight in to the power of Python for
> >> > programmers new to the language, while providing plenty to keep old
> >> > hands entertained. I presented this talk to the Chicago group in
> >> > September and it was very well received, with one audience member even
> >> > suggesting the module should be included in the standard library.
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks for volunteering!
> >> >
> >> > Sure. $DIETY knows, I like to talk. ;-)
> >> >
> >> > --Pete
> >> >
> >>
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