It’s been an interesting day today, as I headed through talks on topics ranging from large scale python applications and software ideology to methods of inserting TeX-formatted maths into web pages – but here are some of the most entertaining events.
Harald Armin Massa gave another great talk as an introduction to the 5 minute lightning talks – “Is Python ready for Enterprise” introduced the new module ncc1701.py (google code page):
(Sorry about the quality of the image)
Part of this code:
>>>import ncc1701
>>>p = ncc1701.Phaser()
>>>p.fire()
Traceback (most recent call last)
File "<input", line 1 , in <module>
File "ncc1701.py", line 86, in file
raise PhaserNotLockedOnTarget
>>>s =ncc1701.Shields()
...
Despite the initial flaws, in the end we all saw that Python is indeed suited for controlling Enterprise applications.
At the end of the day Hans Rosling gave a very interesting keynote on the world’s economy using some very interesting interactive visualisation software designed for “people who are always being told what to do – young children and world leaders”. Here was one interesting slide:
“Where is child mortality highest?”
Yup, child mortality is higher in professors than in students, and almost as high as in Chimpanzees.
