boston-lisp-meeting-register July 2009

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Re: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] [boston-lisp] Boston Lisp Meeting Monday 2009-06-29: Eli Barzilay on Implementing Domain Specific Languages with PLT Scheme
by Ben Hyde 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

On Jul 18, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Francois-Rene Rideau wrote: > We appreciate it if you let us know you're coming, +1

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Re: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] [boston-lisp] Boston Lisp Meeting Monday 2009-06-29: Eli Barzilay on Implementing Domain Specific Languages with PLT Scheme
by David Crawford 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

I'll be there. -David On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Francois-Rene Rideau<fare(a)tunes.org> wrote: > Boston Lisp Meeting: > Monday 2009-07-27 > Bruce Lewis, Richard Kreuter > > http://fare.livejournal.com/145087.html > > A Boston Lisp Meeting will take place > on Monday, July 27th 2009 at 1800 at MIT 34-401B, > where Bruce Lewis will speak about OurDoings, and > Richard Kreuter will speak about defsystems and deliverables, > or, unary REQUIRE for the win! > > Additionally, we are still accepting proposals for up to two volunteers > to each give of a 5-minute Lightning Talk (followed by 2-minute Q&A). > > Also, there will be a buffet offered by ITA Software. > Registration is not necessary but appreciated. See details below. > > * > > Bruce Lewis will speak about OurDoings < http://OurDoings.com/ >, > a web site that solves the problem faced by people who > take a lot of pictures, but don't have much time to share them online. > Its approach to the problem is straightforward, but unique. > In this talk, Bruce will use the OurDoings web site as context in which to > explain how macros enable a kind of abstraction that functions do not, and > how this form of abstraction is useful in common problems > that thousands of programmers face. > > Bruce Lewis left the Lisp world after completing MIT 6.001 > (Structure and Interpetation of Computer Programs) in Spring, 1987. > Ten years later, seeking a better way to write database-driven > web applications, he created > <a href="http://brl.sourceforge.net/">BRL</a>, > the "Beautiful Report Language", > an alternative to Perl ("Practical Extraction and Report Language") > that dominated web development at the time. > Bruce lives in Beverly, Massachusetts with his wife and three children. > > * * > > Richard Kreuter will speak about > Defsystems and deliverables, or, unary REQUIRE for the win! > Common Lisp users have employed a succession of system construction tools > ("defsystems") over the years. Howsoever good a defsystem tool might be, > overuse of system construction tools creates needless technical and social > problems in the community and confounds newcomer and professional alike. > This presentation will cover some of the drawbacks of the traditional uses > of defsystems, and proposes some approaches to deploying Lisp software > intended to make Lisp library usage more tractable than defsystems make it. > > Richard Kreuter is a software developer in the Boston area. > He has worked on Steel Bank Common Lisp, driven himself nuts > by too much reading of the Common Lisp standard, and is likely to be > the last person on earth who thinks CL's pathnames still are a good idea. > > * * * > > Having observed the success of the formula at ILC'2009, > we have instituted Lightning Talks at the Boston Lisp Meeting. > At every meeting, before the main talk, > there are two slots for strictly timed 5-minute talks > followed by 2-minute for questions and answers. > > The slots for next Monday are still open. > Step up and come talk about your pet project! > > > * * * * > > The Lisp Meeting will take place on Monday June 29th 2009 at 1800 (6pm) > at MIT, Room 34-401B. > > As the numbers indicate, the room is in Building 34, on the 4th floor. > This is the usual location, on 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge. > > MIT map: http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?selection=34 > > Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50+Vassar+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02139,+USA > > Many thanks go to Alexey Radul for arranging for the room, > and to MIT for welcoming us. > > * * * * * > > Dinner: ITA Software, a fine employer of Lisp hackers > (disclaimer: I work there), is kindly purchasing a buffet > to accompany our monthly Boston Lisp meeting. > Anyone who attends is welcome to partake. > > We appreciate it if you let us know you're coming, > and what food taboos you have, > so that we can order the correct amount of food. > Tell us by sending email to > boston-lisp-meeting-register at common-lisp.net. > We won't send any acknowledgement unless requested; > importantly, we'll keep your identity and address confidential > and won't communicate any such information to anyone, > not even to our sponsors. > > * * * * * * > > The previous Boston Lisp Meeting on May 26th > had 40 participants. > Norman Ramsey gave a talk about > Using Higher-Order Functions and Continuation-Passing Style > to Make Dataflow Optimization Simple. > > In the near future, we expect to have > Bruce Lewis on 2009-07-27 about BRL http://brl.codesimply.net and > ourdoings.com, Emmanuel Schanzer on 2009-08-31 about BootstrapWorld.org, and > Christine Flood on some undetermined date about > Fortress http://projectfortress.sun.com > > * * * * * * * > > We're always looking for more speakers. > The call for speakers and all the other details are at > http://fare.livejournal.com/120393.html > Also sought are volunteers to give Lightning Talks > http://fare.livejournal.com/143723.html > > For more information, see our web site boston-lisp.org. > For posts related to the Boston Lisp meetings in general, follow this link: > http://fare.livejournal.com/tag/boston-lisp-meeting > or subscribe to our RSS feed: > http://fare.livejournal.com/data/rss?tag=boston-lisp-meeting > > Please forward this information to people you think would be interested. > Please accept my apologies for your receiving this message multiple times. > My apologies if this announce gets posted to a list where it shouldn't, > or fails to get posted to a list where it should. > Feedback welcome by private email reply to fare at tunes.org. > > _______________________________________________ > boston-lisp mailing list > boston-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/boston-lisp >

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] Register, July 27th 2009
by Andy Hefner 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

I plan to attend the July 27th meeting. No food taboos of note.

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] RSVP for July 27 Lisp meeting
by Mark Simpson 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

I am planning on attending and have no food taboos per se.

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] I'll be there
by Greg Pfeil 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] RSVP for 7/27
by Samuel Freilich 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

I will be there.

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] registration for July 27, 2009 Boston Lisp Meeting
by Dorai Sitaram 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Hi. I'd like to register to attend this meeting. thanks, Dorai Sitaram

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] Monday 2009-07-27
by Alan Bawden 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

I'll be there.

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] July mtg RSVP
by Michael Stone 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

See you there! Michael

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[boston-lisp-meeting-register] July 27th meeting
by Alexey Radul 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Rebecca and I plan to come. ~Alexey

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