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David Ascher

Biography

David Ascher is the lead for Python projects at ActiveState, including Komodo, ActiveState's integrated development environment written mostly in Python. David has taught courses about Python to corporations, in universities, and at conferences. He also organized the Python track at the 1999 and 2000 O'Reilly Open Source Conventions, and was the program chair for the 10th International Python Conference. In addition, he co-wrote Learning Python (both editions) and serves as a director of the Python Software Foundation. David holds a B.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in cognitive science, both from Brown University.

Books

Python Cookbook by Alex Martelli, Anna Martelli Ravenscroft, David Ascher Second Edition March 2005 $49.95 USD	Learning Python by Mark Lutz, David Ascher Second Edition December 2003 OUT OF PRINT (Read Reviews)
Python Cookbook July 2002 OUT OF PRINT (Read Reviews)	Learning Python by Mark Lutz, David Ascher April 1999 OUT OF PRINT (Read Reviews)

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David Ascher and Brian King at eLiberatica--The benefits of Open and Free Technologies
May 30-31, 2008
The World Trade Centre
Bucharest, Romania

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