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[boston-lisp] [CFP] 5th European Lisp Workshop, July 07 - Paphos, Cyprus
by Didier Verna 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

+------------------------------------------------------------+ | CALL FOR PAPERS | | 5th European Lisp Workshop | | July 7, Paphos, Cyprus - co-located with ECOOP 2008 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates: **************** Submission deadline (papers & breakout groups): May 04, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 19, 2008 ECOOP early registration deadline: June 01, 2008 5th European Lisp Workshop: July 07, 2008 For more information visit http://elw.bknr.net/2008/ Contact: Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr Organizers ********** Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, Paris Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Charlotte Herzeel, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Hans Hübner, Software Developer, Berlin Overview ******** "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bioinformatics, B2B and E-Commerce, Data Mining, EDA/Semiconductor applications, Expert Systems, Finance, Intelligent Agents, Knowledge Management, Mechanical CAD, Modeling and Simulation, Natural Language, Optimization, Research, Risk Analysis, Scheduling, Telecom, and Web Authoring just because these are the only things they happened to list." -- Kent Pitman Lisp is one of the oldest computer languages still in use today. In the decades of its existence, Lisp has been a fruitful basis for language design experiments as well as the preferred implementation language for applications in diverse fields. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch. Common Lisp, with the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), was the first object-oriented programming language to receive an ANSI standard and retains the most complete and advanced object system of any programming language, while influencing many other object-oriented programming languages that followed. It is clear that Lisp is gaining momentum: there is a steadily growing interest in Lisp itself, with numerous user groups in existence worldwide, and in Lisp's metaprogramming notions which are being transferred to other languages, as for example in Aspect-Oriented Programming, support for Domain-Specific Languages, and so on. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit papers and suggestions for breakout groups that discuss the opportunities Lisp provides to capture and enhance the possibilities in software engineering. We want to promote lively discussion between researchers proposing new approaches and practitioners reporting on their experience with the strengths and limitations of current Lisp technologies. The workshop will have two components: there will be formally-presented talks, and breakout groups discussing or working on particular topics. Additionally, there will be opportunities for short, informal talks and demonstrations on experience reports, underappreciated results, software under development, or other topics of interest. Papers ****** Formal presentations in the workshop should take between 20 minutes and half an hour; additional time will be given for questions and answers. We encourage that papers be published on the website, to provide all participants with background information in advance. Suggested Topics: - New language features or abstractions - Experience reports or case studies - Protocol Metaprogramming and Libraries - Educational approaches - Software Evolution - Development Aids - Persistent Systems - Dynamic Optimization - Implementation techniques - Innovative Applications - Hardware Support for Lisp systems - Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches - Aspect-Oriented, Domain-Oriented and Generative Programming Breakout Groups *************** The workshop will provide for the opportunity to meet face to face and work on focused topics. We will organize these breakout groups and provide for rooms and infrastructure. Suggested Topics for Breakout Groups: - Lisp Infrastructure Development and Distribution - Language Features (e.g. Predicate Dispatching) - Environments for creating web applications - Brainstorming sessions for new or existing open source projects - Persistence Systems - Compiler technology - Lisp on bare metal / Lisp hardware / Lisp operating systems - Compare and enhance curricula for computer science education Submission Guidelines ********************* Potential attendees are encouraged to submit: - a long paper (10 pages) presenting scientific and/or empirical results about Lisp-based uses or new approaches for software engineering purposes, - a short essay (5 pages) defending a position about where research, practice or education based on Lisp should be heading in the near future, - a proposal for a breakout group (1-2 pages) describing the theme, an agenda and/or expected results. Submissions should be mailed as PDF to Didier Verna (didier(a)lrde.epita.fr) before the submission deadline. -- Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated. Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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[boston-lisp] Monthly Boston Lisp Meetings
by Faré 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Regarding Meetings, I would like to find (please send me personal email) * co-organizers, to make sure these meetings will be well-organized and keep running even when I won't be there to organize. Please send me mail and/or come meet me on March 3 at 6pm at the CBC. * feedback from potential participants - I want to know how many people I should reserve room and/or catering for (if I find sponsors). * ideas for talks - you have something to say, or someone you know around Boston has great ideas that you would like to hear - tell me. * possibly a web developer (preferably using some Lisp platform) to host a site, blog, mailing-lists, etc. NB: I've updated my call for speakers, participants and sponsors at http://fare.livejournal.com/120393.html [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue -- agree with him. -- Edgar Waston Howe

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[boston-lisp] presentation on object-oriented emacs lisp?
by David O'Toole 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

I have been working on an object system for Emacs Lisp, based on prototypes (not classes.) It's in beta but definitely will have had a 1.0 release by April. Can I give a brief talk and demonstration? The page is at http://dto.mamalala.org/notebook/eon.html

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[boston-lisp] meeting date march 3
by derek pappas 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

---------------------------------------- > From: boston-lisp-request(a)common-lisp.net > Subject: boston-lisp Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1 > To: boston-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:01:40 -0500 > > At what time is the meeting, I may be coming in from NY, but strangely there is also a meeting of the Artificial intelligence group called Grey Thumb on that same date and that evening it would be beneficial to link with them as well since Common lisp, scheme and Arc had origins especially Common Lisp in Artificial intelligence and is the best use of it. They meet at the Irish restaurant in Central Square called " Asgard " Thank You; Derek _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/

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[boston-lisp] Monthly Boston Lisp Meeting - Call for Speakers and Participation
by Faré 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Monthly Boston Lisp Meeting - Call for Speakers, Participants and Sponsors. (Please forward this message to interested people. Apologies for message received multiple times.) I will be organizing a monthly Boston Lisp Meeting. By "Lisp", I mean any programmable programming system. However, speakers and attendants will be welcome to discuss any ideas relevant to programmers using or developing such a programmable programming system, whatever language was or wasn't previously used to express those ideas. The meetings take place on the first Monday of every month at 6pm. The regular format of these meetings would be a one hour conference followed by free-for-all discussions around drinks and food. Conference meetings would include two speakers, on a strict schedule of 15' presentation + 5' Q&A. Additional slots of 3' flash presentation + 2' Q&A could be available for project updates, demos or calls to the public. We may give more time to exceptional speakers, especially those who come from afar. We encourage both veterans and newbies to come and meet, maybe becoming collaborators, mentors or disciples on some Lisp project, whether as a hobby, as an academic endeavor, as a paid job, or as a startup. I am seeking sponsorship from corporate or academic sponsors to host the event, and maybe even offer food. I have a few leads but no definite answer yet. The event will take place with or without such sponsor. (I am also open to suggestions for improvements about these meetings: different timing, food before the conference, etc. Also, we'll adapt the meetings to the availability of interesting speakers. If we are short in speakers, we may include such a conference only bimonthly or quarterly, and skip directly to the drinks and food the rest of the time. If we are overwhelmed with great speakers, we may have conferences more often.) The mailing-list boston-lisp(a)common-lisp.net will be revived as the place to discuss these events. You can subscribe at http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/boston-lisp The next meeting will be on Monday, March 3rd 2008. No conference is schedule at this time, only a meeting for Lispers to have fun and for potential conference organizers to prepare the future meetings in April and beyond. We'll meet at the CBC http://www.cambrew.com/ The first meeting with a conference will be on Monday April 7th 2008. Whether you are an academic, an industrial programmer, a student or a hobbyist, you are invited to join us at these meetings. And if you have something interesting to say or know someone who has, please submit a potential speech by sending mail to fare(a)tunes.org. Topics to be discussed include but are not limited to: * Interesting applications written in some Lisp system. * How to use, implement or combine programming language features: metaprogramming, macros, modules, non-determinism, security, concurrency, reversibility, etc. * Use of semantics for better program synthesis (aka overcoming issues in software engineering with programming language support). * Use of semantics for better program analysis (aka types, proofs, tests, abstract interpretation, etc.) * Implementation techniques for programming languages (concurrency issues, resource management, etc.) * How to share code between Lisp systems and alien environments. * How programming languages and systems evolve, and Lisp systems in particular. * How Lispers can better help each other. [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] (labels(({(] &rest [)(apply([ ])[))([(>)(elt(]())>))(](<)(do-external-symbols(] :cl)(push ] <))(sort <`string<`:key`string))(}({ + ^)({`816`1/5)({`688({`875({`398()"~{~A~^ ~}"(]())){(+ { +)))({`381)^))(do*(({`5248({`584 }`36063))([`874({`395 {`6))(]`4({`584 {`6))(}`#36RH4G6HUTA1NVC1ZHC({`395 }`36063)))((} [ ] ({`977 ]))({`902)({`381))))

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