Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'talks': 0.03; 'pycon.': 0.04; 'keynote': 0.07; 'python:': 0.09; 'scripting': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'great!': 0.16; 'higher-level': 0.16; 'pitch': 0.16; 'subject:ideas': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'raymond': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'another': 0.32; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'received:74.125': 0.39; 'address': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'taking': 0.65; 'worth': 0.66; 'mar': 0.68; '26,': 0.68; 'sales': 0.69; '7:25': 0.84; 'url:video': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=tq9G6ZKaIE6AM+UJJyeN82aWj5gPkymzPL2IrEY3wIE=; b=fh7pR5k5SpUtx3zhcI5oWy5ANcQ04L77t46xedvDNzK6f6A16kJomNoof1I/a3zQy9 VOuHneP9pPURXtzgwo/lqRrV4ansPBbDBfO5R98yzp1SDxg/ak9iPN4WgwiEoqnxRTvA kZ2OB71SRrSbKkeMuBul5QxUAjxGmEXZYJ5sv9/h5MyAW6oKFrgouqM/VVInNWmJnWEe ZhIHRt5UVa3O2x4s0hh5WWLRjzQycaKUwyrcK1X+SVJn7bI4XsGE3Eokvisdi6xH8HTU VCycLBtGKfsbSB3d4RzpWF4AxyjF7l+5/LZHtsg4i4wTMqWBjecXNGjJYTt+hs8B4CDI kHbQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.111.72 with SMTP id v48mr52561773eeg.11.1364363890653; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:58:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:58:10 -0700 Subject: Re: honking great ideas From: Sean Felipe Wolfe To: Ned Deily Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364363897 news.xs4all.nl 6865 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33032 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41980 On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Ned Deily wrote: > One suggestion: take a look at Raymond Hettinger's keynote address from > the recent PyCon. Any of Raymond's talks are worth viewing but this one > in particular is a higher-level sales pitch for Python: "Show the > specific features that make Python more than just another scripting > language." > > http://pyvideo.org/video/1669/keynote-3 Great! I'm taking a look now.