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Trailer: PyPy at the PyCon 2006

This trailer shows the PyPy team at the PyCon 2006, a behind-the-scenes atsprints, talks and everywhere else.

Interview with Tim Peters

Interview with CPython core developer Tim Peters at PyCon 2006, Dallas,US. (2006-03-02)

Tim Peters, a longtime CPython core developer talks about how he got intoPython, what he thinks about the PyPy project and why he thinks it would havenever been possible in the US.

Interview with Bob Ippolito

What do you think about PyPy? Interview with American software developer BobIppolito at PyCon 2006, Dallas, US. (2006-03-01)

Bob Ippolito is an Open Source software developer from San Francisco and hasbeen to two PyPy sprints. In this interview he is giving his opinion on theproject.

Introductory talk on PyPy

This introductory talk is given by core developers Michael Hudson andChristian Tismer at PyCon 2006, Dallas, US. (2006-02-26)

Michael Hudson talks about the basic building blocks of Python, the currentlyavailable back-ends, and the status of PyPy in general. Christian Tismer takesover to explain how co-routines can be used to implement things like Stacklessand Greenlets in PyPy.

Talk on Agile Open Source Methods in the PyPy project

Core developer Holger Krekel and project manager Beatrice During are giving atalk on the agile open source methods used in the PyPy project at PyCon 2006,Dallas, US. (2006-02-26)

Holger Krekel explains more about the goals and history of PyPy, and thestructure and organization behind it. Bea During describes the intricacies ofdriving a distributed community in an agile way, and how to combine that withthe formalities required for EU funding.

PyPy Architecture session

This architecture session is given by core developers Holger Krekel and ArminRigo at PyCon 2006, Dallas, US. (2006-02-26)

Holger Krekel and Armin Rigo talk about the basic implementation,implementation level aspects and the RPython translation toolchain. This talkalso gives an insight into how a developer works with these tools on a dailybasis, and pays special attention to flow graphs.

Sprint tutorial

Sprint tutorial by core developer Michael Hudson at PyCon 2006, Dallas,US. (2006-02-27)

Michael Hudson gives an in-depth, very technical introduction to a PyPysprint. The film provides a detailed and hands-on overview about thearchitecture of PyPy, especially the RPython translation toolchain.

Scripting .NET with IronPython by Jim Hugunin

Talk by Jim Hugunin (Microsoft) on the IronPython implementation on the .NETframework at the PyCon 2006, Dallas, US.

Jim Hugunin talks about regression tests, the code generation and the objectlayout, the new-style instance and gives a CLS interop demo.

Bram Cohen, founder and developer of BitTorrent

Bram Cohen is interviewed by Steve Holden at the PyCon 2006, Dallas, US.

Keynote speech by Guido van Rossum on the new Python 2.5 features

Guido van Rossum explains the new Python 2.5 features at the PyCon 2006,Dallas, US.

Trailer: PyPy sprint at the University of Palma de Mallorca

This trailer shows the PyPy team at the sprint in Mallorca, abehind-the-scenes of a typical PyPy coding sprint and talk as well aseverything else.

Coding discussion of core developers Armin Rigo and Samuele Pedroni

Coding discussion between Armin Rigo and Samuele Pedroni during the PyPysprint at the University of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 27.1.2006

PyPy technical talk at the University of Palma de Mallorca

Technical talk on the PyPy project at the University of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 27.1.2006

Core developers Armin Rigo, Samuele Pedroni and Carl Friedrich Bolz are givingan overview of the PyPy architecture, the standard interpreter, the RPythontranslation toolchain and the just-in-time compiler.