Heads of the Hydra

A talk about the other flavors of Python out there.

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1. Heads of the Hydra (or, your Python ain’t just vanilla) Chad Estioco
2. There’s Python... ...and there are even more Pythons!
3. why make it complicated?! ( i thought this month is for beginners? )
4. SPEED xor COMPATIBILITY
5. BUT WAIT! keep your Linux happy… … install in /opt/bin (or, at least, don’t ever overwrite the default python)
6. Jython (Java + Python)
7. Jython: Calling Java from Python always use: from java.package import JavaClass [https://wiki.python.org/jython/PackageScanning]
8. Jython: Calling Python from Java javac -cp .:/opt/bin/jython2.5.3/* SnakeCaller.java java -cp .:/opt/bin/jython2.5.3/* SnakeCaller
9. NOT BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT MEANS YOU SHOULD DO IT
10. And while we are at it, I should mention... IronPython http://ironpython.net
11. PyPy a faster breed of snake
12. Ladies and gentlemen, this is where the SPEED comes in...
13. ...but compatibility goes out :( gevent pygame pycuda pygtk tkinter modwsgi pycrypto buildbot colibri grok mailman moinmoin planet plone pylucid rietveld biopython silvacms viewvc turbogears web.py webcore zope genshi pisa matplotlib pythoncreole rest2web rst2pdf scipy numpy creoleparser lepl misaka plex pypeg yml [https://bitbucket. org/pypy/compatibility/wiki/Ho me]
14. Stackless Python look ‘ma, no (C) stacks!
15. Stackless Powered!
16. But, Stackless Python is still in alpha state :( Personally, I don’t use things labeled “alpha” unless it’s this -> Note: No entity named “Sony”, individual or otherwise, is paying me for this slide.
17. If anything, Stackless Python shows promise xkcd: Python endorser since comic 353. Used images from comics 989 and 442.