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.
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