Thanks to all of you who attended the IronPython TechTalk with Harry Pierson at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen on September 11.

If you missed the event or want to re-visit Harry's great presentation, you can watch the video here

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Pumping Iron: Dynamic Languages on .NET - Harry Pierson
As you may know, Microsoft is developing IronPython and IronRuby, .NET implementations of the popular open-source programming languages Python and Ruby. While it is clear that Microsoft wants to attract existing Python and Ruby developers to .NET, the role of IronPython and IronRuby for existing .NET developers is less clear. What value is there for a .NET developer in learning IronPython? What are the tradeoffs between IronRuby and a more traditional .NET language like C# or VB? Harry Pierson, new Program Manager for IronPython, will discuss where dynamic . languages fit in the .NET developers toolbox.

About Harry Pierson
Harry Pierson is a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio Languages team, primarily focused on IronPython. A ten year Microsoft veteran, Harry has worked all over the company from Microsoft Consulting Services and Architecture Evangelism in the field to being an architect in Microsoft IT. He has been writing his blog DevHawk (http://devhawk.net) for just over six years and has written articles for MSDN and CoDe Magazines.