EuGeNe Van den Bulke wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > > So by this reasoning there should have been no "Python UK" conference >> for the last four years (in case you didn't know it ran as a track of >> the C/C++ conference, but ths track has now broadened to include all >> scripting languages). And what about the people who can't get the time >> and/or money to attend EuroPython? > > I am afraid there is a misunderstanding. I have no problem with PyCon UK > but would like to have elements to help me choose (the official language > of PyCon Uno Italy is Italian so that fixes it :P). > >> Diversity is good, so it isn't one vs. the other. And the UK really *is* >> part of Europe (no matter how its politicians behave) :P > > I agree that diversity is good (you won't hear me say that there are too > many web frameworks in Python :D) but isn't dilution a danger? > > If Guido was a rock star and I was a groupie, I would want to know which > festival to attend to see him on stage. I guess there is always Google > Video ;) > > More seriously in Geneva there were people from all over the place, > speakers and attendees, which is one of the reason why such conferences > are interesting (or am I deluded?). It is harder for someone from > Australia to come twice to Europe in the space of 2 months than for a > pythoneer lambda to spend a couple of days studying another web > framework to see if it fits how his brain works and the problem he's got > to solve. > > Looking at the reactions to my post, I must be wrong. I didn't mean to > offend anyone if I did. I'll go to Vilnius because I have never seen the > city and try to go to Birmingham if the program looks interesting (not > very rational or is it?). > If you're traveling from Australia or similarly distant locations then I'd have to say EuroPython would be the one where you'd see most Pythonistas from most places.
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