[$] A tiny Python called Snek

Keith Packard is no stranger to the linux.conf.au stage; he has spoken on a wide variety of topics since he started going to the conference in 2004(which was held inAdelaide, where organizers apparently had a lot of ice cream forattendees). One of his talks at this year's conference was on aneducation-focused project that he has been working on for around a year:a version of Python called "Snek" targeting embedded processors.He gave a look at some of the history of his work with 10-12 year-old students that led to thedevelopment of Snek as well as some plans for the language-and hardware torun it on-moving forward.