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[chicago-lisp] Hello!
by David Douthitt 05 Mar '05

05 Mar '05

Finding out about this list (and this group) turned out to be a challenge :-( The Association of Lisp User's (ALU) web site doesn't list any information about the "Lispers of Chicago." However, there _is_ a Greater Chicago Autocad User's Group (incorporating AutoLisp) at http://www.gcaug.com/ and a North Suburban Chicago Scheme Meetup Group at http://lisp.meetup.com/41/about/ . I've been trying to learn LISP for quite some time (started learning during the latter days of MACLISP ;-) but never quite got over the "hump" that comes in most learning curves. I think I'm just about there - and finding more than ever what joy LISP can be. My biggest complaint with LISP and LISP learning materials in particular was this: the materials show examples of how to write programs to compute Fibonnacci numbers, or primes, or how to write a LISP interpreter. However, they don't show you how to write a program to (for example) sort a file and write it back to disk - or to act as a terminal program - or how to interact with a SQL database - or how to read from the passwrod file. In short, anything that interacts with the outside world is ignored by such luminaries as Winston and Horn's LISP book. I have both the first edition (using MACLISP) and the third edition (using Common LISP). I look forward to becoming more proficient in LISP and to the next meeting of the LISP Chicago group. Since any part of Chicago is some distance for me, it matters not where - as long as I don't have to be afraid to be there after dark ;-) -- David Douthitt UNIX System Administrator Linux+, LPIC-1, RHCE HP-UX, Unixware, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD Member: ACM, USENIX/SAGE

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[chicago-lisp] Upcoming MAICS
by Kick Damien-DKICK1 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Has anyone been thinking about attending the 2005 MAICS <http://www.maics.us/call_for_papers.htm <http://www.maics.us/call_for_papers.htm> >? I would imagine that Brian would already have plans to attend <smile>. Brian, I didn't see any information about registration <http://www.maics.us/registration.htm <http://www.maics.us/registration.htm> > available. The page was blank. Do you know anything about the MAICS this year? -- Damien Kick

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[chicago-lisp] FA: MacIvory Model 3 w/ Genera 8.3
by Richard E. Robbins 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I've decided to place my MacIvory Model 3 up for auction on eBay. The system, which includes the Symbolics keyboard, three button mouse and Genera 8.3 distribution CD is housed in a Macintosh Quadra 950. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5163264504

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[chicago-lisp] Join Calculus, Polyphonic C and Lisp
by Matthew D Swank 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Not that this is Lisp, but at our recent gathering I was babbling ineffectually about using the Join Calculus in Lisp. Join Calculus uses concurrency abstractions that can be (easily) embedded in a functional programming language. This is why I thought it would make a good fit for Lisp. There are a number of papers; most centered around an ML-like implementation language, but the most accessible (to me at least) is "Modern Concurrency Abstractions for C". This paper describes a subset of the Join Calculus that extends C#, and includes many standard examples of synchronization and communication. http://research.microsoft.com/~nick/polyphony/PolyphonyECOOP.A4.pdf

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RE: [chicago-lisp] Report from the first meeting
by Kick Damien-DKICK1 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I wish I could've been there. When we first started talking about the date, I really thought I'd be fully recuperated by now <sigh>. Anyway, I look forward to the next gathering. -- Damien Kick -----Original Message----- From: chicago-lisp-bounces(a)common-lisp.net [mailto:chicago-lisp-bounces@common-lisp.net] On Behalf Of Brian Mastenbrook Sent: Tuesday, 01 February, 2005 21:17 To: chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net Subject: [chicago-lisp] Report from the first meeting We had seven people at the Olive Garden tonight. It was a roaring success and I'm looking forward to future meetings. Everybody here has something interesting to share, so a presentation-style meeting is probably next. I'm looking at possible hosting for such an event and will let you all know when I have a candidate. http://www.iscblog.info/blog/display/53 will probably appear on Planet Lisp within an hour or so; it's got a fuzzy picture from the event taken on my PDA. Thanks to all who showed up! -- Brian Mastenbrook bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/ _______________________________________________ chicago-lisp site list chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/chicago-lisp

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[chicago-lisp] Report from the first meeting
by Brian Mastenbrook 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

We had seven people at the Olive Garden tonight. It was a roaring success and I'm looking forward to future meetings. Everybody here has something interesting to share, so a presentation-style meeting is probably next. I'm looking at possible hosting for such an event and will let you all know when I have a candidate. http://www.iscblog.info/blog/display/53 will probably appear on Planet Lisp within an hour or so; it's got a fuzzy picture from the event taken on my PDA. Thanks to all who showed up! -- Brian Mastenbrook bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/

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RE: [chicago-lisp] ANN: First Chicago Lisp meeting
by Kick Damien-DKICK1 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

<sigh> And I'm not going to be able to make it <frown>. I had hernia surgery on the 24th and I had been expecting to be fully mobile by today but it turns out that this was overly optimistic. I'm still working from home. However, I'm glad that the ball seems to have started rolling and I'll keep my eyes peeled for the next gathering. -- Damien Kick -----Original Message----- From: chicago-lisp-bounces(a)common-lisp.net [mailto:chicago-lisp-bounces@common-lisp.net] On Behalf Of Brian Mastenbrook Sent: Tuesday, 01 February, 2005 06:40 To: Andrew K. Wolven Cc: chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net Subject: Re: [chicago-lisp] ANN: First Chicago Lisp meeting On Jan 31, 2005, at 9:20 PM, Andrew K. Wolven wrote: > See you all tomorrow. I will look for Brian. > > -AKW The reservation is made under the name Brian, so when you go in, ask the hostess about that. See you all there! -- Brian Mastenbrook bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/ _______________________________________________ chicago-lisp site list chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/chicago-lisp

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Fw: [chicago-lisp] ANN: First Chicago Lisp meeting
by Andrew K. Wolven 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

See you all tomorrow. I will look for Brian. -AKW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Mastenbrook" <bmastenbrook(a)comcast.net> To: <chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:29 PM Subject: [chicago-lisp] ANN: First Chicago Lisp meeting > The first Chicago Lisp users group meeting / social will take place on > Tuesday, February 1st at 6:00 p.m., at the Olive Garden in Schaumburg, > IL. Here is a map of the location: > > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp? > country=US&address=1925+East+Golf+Road+&city=Schaumburg&state=IL&zipcode > =60173-- > > It is on the north side of Woodfield Mall, on the perimeter drive that > surrounds the mall. It is accessible most easily from Golf road. > > Please send me email at chandler(a)unmutual.info to RSVP. I will make the > reservation one day in advance, so email me before Monday, January > 31st. > > This meeting will be a social event and dinner, at which time we can > discuss ideas for future meetings, presentations, hack sessions, etc. > -- > Brian Mastenbrook > bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu > http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/ > > _______________________________________________ > chicago-lisp site list > chicago-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/chicago-lisp

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[chicago-lisp] ANN: First Chicago Lisp meeting
by Brian Mastenbrook 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

The first Chicago Lisp users group meeting / social will take place on Tuesday, February 1st at 6:00 p.m., at the Olive Garden in Schaumburg, IL. Here is a map of the location: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp? country=US&address=1925+East+Golf+Road+&city=Schaumburg&state=IL&zipcode =60173-- It is on the north side of Woodfield Mall, on the perimeter drive that surrounds the mall. It is accessible most easily from Golf road. Please send me email at chandler(a)unmutual.info to RSVP. I will make the reservation one day in advance, so email me before Monday, January 31st. This meeting will be a social event and dinner, at which time we can discuss ideas for future meetings, presentations, hack sessions, etc. -- Brian Mastenbrook bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/

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[chicago-lisp] Chicago Lisp meeting
by Brian Mastenbrook 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

OK, now that we've got a time pinned down - Tuesday, Feb 1st at 6:00 - what about location? Does the Olive Garden in Schaumburg work for everyone? It's on the perimeter drive that surrounds Woodfield Mall, on the north side by Golf Road. Here is the map of the location: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp? country=US&address=1925+East+Golf+Road+&city=Schaumburg&state=IL&zipcode =60173 -- Brian Mastenbrook bmastenb(a)cs.indiana.edu http://cs.indiana.edu/~bmastenb/

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