Re: Fwd: Python use at colleges and universities

At 11:39 2004-03-26 -0800, Kevin Altis wrote:
>Jim Leisy is the publisher of John Zelle's book "Python Programming: An 
>Introduction to Computer  Science". ... He sees a real opportunity for 
>Python to get broad adoption as the first year comp sci language at 
>colleges and universities.

Great!

>What Jim could really use is a list of companies using Python, especially 
>larger companies, and the college or university they are in close proximity to.

AstraZeneca uses Python, but I'm not sure they do that at any
location other than Göteborg, Sweden. Andrew Dalke knows more.

I'm sure more information about Python adaption in Bioinformatics
can be mined out of the BioPython mailing lists.

Some other lists are at:

http://www.thinkware.se/cgi-bin/thinki.cgi/PythonUsers

http://www.zope.com/ZopeClientList

http://www.pythonology.org/success

>>The number of colleges that have embraced Python is small. Especially in 
>>view of the fact that there are about 3800 colleges in the US. Off the 
>>top of my head, known Python colleges are:
>>
>>Lewis & Clark State College, Idaho
>>Capitol University, Ohio
>>Wartburg College (Zelle's school), Iowa
>>Georgia Tech
>>Mt Hood Community College
>>Minnesota State at Bemidji
>>Bryn Mawr College
>>Morehead State, Kentucky
>>Mississippi College
>>Southeast Missouri State
>>University of Florida
>>Kalamazoo College
>>University of Iowa
>>Hampshire College
>>Kent State
>>University of Northern Colorado

Still, it's more than nothing... :)

Are these places where they teach Python in CS classes?
There are certinaly lots of more universities where Python
is used by teachers  and students!

I'll ask on the tutor list of people know of Python being
tought at other places.


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