[Python-uk] Promoting Python in the U.K.

[Michael Charlton]

	Re:: Garys, & Andys posting

	Magazines:

	If you want to split the workload for chasing up magazine articles
then I'm
	prepared to do some work in this area. I provided some duff gen at
the meeting 
	last Monday, PCPlus are running an alternative programming language
series
	featuring Smalltalk, Lisp and Eiffel; no mention of Python.

	Promoting Python at work

	At least two people have heard of python here (out of a department
of 70) and 
	one person has used it in place of tcl to perform a task. I think
James makes a 
	valid point concerning the use of languages in organizations:

		>>It is difficult to motivate people to
		>>try a new language as most people are illiterate in more
than one 
		>>(programming) language already and are still trying to
figure out C/C++
		>>for that next job.

	I'm currently writing an application in python, its a graphical
interface to a proprietary test tool, 
	and would be quite prepared to give a presentation on this subject
at a meeting.

				Michael.



	Michael Charlton 
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