June Meet Minutes

ChennaiPy June 2018 Meetup - Meeting Minutes

The meeting was held on June 23, 2018, from 4 PM to 6:45 PM at BotVFX, Teynampet.


Talk 1: Powering Python with Rust

Speaker: Ravi Shankar

  • What is heavy computation?
  • Introduction to Rust and its advantages over Python for computational tasks.
  • Rust FFI with Python for better performance and memory management.
  • Discussion on memory management in Rust vs. Python's garbage collection.
  • Q&A Session.

Talk 2: Presentation Tips

Speaker: Vijay

  • Introduction to Pysangamam and the importance of good presentations.
  • Types of talks and tips for better presentations.
  • Poster presentation and demo presentations to wow the audience.
  • Submit a Proposal for PySangamam here.
  • Q&A Session.

Talk 3: Stack Frames and Tail Call Recursion in Python

Speaker: Varun Dey

  • What are stack frames and how do recursive functions work behind the scenes?
  • Optimizing recursive functions by saving computing time and space.
  • Introduction to tail call recursion in Python.
  • Benchmarking recursive functions.
  • Q&A Session.

Lightning Talk 1: Alternative Softwares

Speaker: Abhishek Yadav

  • Discussed a list of alternative software solutions.
  • Abhishek will share the alternative software list.

Thanks to all the speakers and organizers for making this meetup a success!

Meeting minutes contributed by Gopinath P.

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