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[eurolisp] eclm - hamburg -accomodation question
by eurolisp＠mhoffmann.dds.nl 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hi ECLM participants, At the end of the month the ECLM will take place in Hamburg. I am looking for not so expensive accomodation. I had hoped to book a room at instantsleep.de for about euro 25, but the rooms are already gone. Does anybody have information about cheap hotels, private rooms etc. which are recomended? I am also thinking of taking a tent with me, but I am not sure yet. yours, Marc eurolisp(a)mhoffmann.dds.nl

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[eurolisp] Student internship
by Thomas F. Burdick 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

If you know anybody who would be interested in this, please pass it along. thanks! The Cadence Design Systems VCAD group in Munich, Germany, is looking for a University student intern for a period of two to six months. You would be working on one of the following projects, depending on our needs and your strengths: * Project planning and scheduling software. This will be used to track our utilization of our developers, and to aid in planning for on-going and future projects. * Package configuration management software. We deliver to our customers custom configurations built out of a large number of pieces of software and other intellectual property. We are rewriting the system we use to specify, track, and build these deliveries. * Common Lisp bindings to a large C++ library. We are working on a system to automatically generate the low-level bindings, as well as designing a higher-level interface meant for direct use by application programmers. The implementation language for all of the above will most likely be Common Lisp, although lesser languages such as Java, Perl, and Tcl may play a role as well. We are looking for someone who either has experience programming in a Lisp language, or is interested in learning Lisp in a production environment, and is comfortable in several mutually unrelated programming languages (eg, C, Smalltalk, and PostScript; or Java, Prolog, and SPARC assembly language). Our environment is Unix-based (Solaris and Linux), so you should have a basic familiarity with Unix. Other things that would be nice, but are not required: some theoretical familiarity with relational databases (eg, you took a database class or read the textbook from one); Windows programming experience; Oracle experience; experience with C++, SQL, and Prolog. Virtual CAD (VCAD) is a group within Cadence providing EDA (Electronic Design Automation) related services. The internship is with the software development group within VCAD. Cadence's software products are scripted with the SKILL language, a Lisp language with two dialects: one Franz Lisp-like dialect, and one Scheme-like dialect. The VCAD software group also uses Common Lisp where appropriate. If you are interested, please contact Thomas F. Burdick (tfb(a)cadence.com) and Jim Newton (jimka(a)cadence.com) For more information about VCAD, see: http://www.cadence-europe.com/solutions/vpage.cfm?pID=1 http://www.cadence-europe.com/eEuronews/mar_05/features.html

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[eurolisp] eclm 2006 in hamburg
by Christian Ruediger Bahls 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

hello, my name is christian bahls. i am a math student from rostock germany. i intend to visit the eclm 2006 next week, so i would like to ask the list, whether there is some program planed for saturday afternoon that i could join. additionaly, due to my current monetary constraints, (finishing my diploma, therefore not able to work) i am looking for cheap accommodation in hamburg. perhaps someone wants to share a room in a hotel/hostel. (anything a lot more expensive than 25 euro starts to hurt my budget) i also consider bringing a sleeping-bag and tarp(german: plane) hoping that perhaps someone would like to spare 2m^2 auf his garden. yours christian bahls ps: anybody willing to offer an internship and/or challenging work to a fresh math graduate is very welcome to drop me a message

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[eurolisp] pre-ECLM Friday
by Bulent Murtezaoglu 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

Hi guys, I might be able to arrive in Hamburg on the 28th. Will anyone be there and available for hanging out Friday night? (I'll be staying here: http://www.hotel-stadt-altona.de/ ) BM

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[eurolisp] ECLM who'll be in Hamburg when?
by Bulent Murtezaoglu 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

Hi guys, I might be able to arrive in Hamburg on the 28th. Will anyone be there and available for hanging out Friday night? (I'll be staying here: http://www.hotel-stadt-altona.de/ ) BM

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[eurolisp] International Lisp Conference, UK, April 2007
by Nick Levine 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

The next International Lisp Conference will be hosted at Clare College, Cambridge (UK), from April 1 through 4, 2007. Put the dates in your diaries, spread the word, and watch this space for further information later in the year. - nick

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[eurolisp] Symbolics 3645 looking for a good home in Belgium or Hamburg
by Peter Van Eynde 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Hello, In the last few years I have not been able to use 'Castafiore' as much as I would have liked. She is a Symbolic 3645 with documentation, backup tapes, a keyboard/mouse/screen combo and an extra screen. Last time I booted there was some problem with the disk-interface but as this was right after having moved her I suspect it is just a lose connector or card. I'll be going to ECLM2006 in Hamburg and if desired I could bring her along. Some pictures: http://people.debian.org/~pvaneynd/Symbolics/case-and-keyboard.jpg http://people.debian.org/~pvaneynd/Symbolics/two-monitors.jpg http://people.debian.org/~pvaneynd/Symbolics/internals-and-keyboard.jpg http://people.debian.org/~pvaneynd/Symbolics/wall-of-docs.jpg http://people.debian.org/~pvaneynd/Symbolics/internals.jpg Please note that this is a rather big and heavy machine, requiring quite a lot of power (220V at 50Hz with a normal connector). I would also not like to split up 'the package' as such. Groetjes, Peter -- signature -at- pvaneynd.mailworks.org http://www.livejournal.com/users/pvaneynd/ "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr | "God is more forgiving." Dave Aronson|

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[eurolisp] Sharing hotel room
by Willem Broekema 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

All, If there's anyone still looking for someone else to share a hotel room for saturday and/or sunday night (29,30/4), please let me know. Oh, and quickly please - tomorrow = sunday I have to decide, as I will be away next week. If I don't hear anything, I'll get something for myself, of course. Thanks a lot! - Willem

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[eurolisp] ECLM 2006 - two free seats
by Edi Weitz 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Hi! Due to two cancellations we now again have two free seats to offer for the ECLM. There's also one free seat for the Saturday dinner. We'll accept registrations until April 19. <http://weitz.de/eclm2006/> Cheers, Edi.

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[eurolisp] [CfP] 3rd European Lisp Workshop - more news
by Pascal Costanza 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3rd European Lisp Workshop | | July 3 & 4 - Nantes, Frances - co-located with ECOOP 2006 | | Supported by ALU and Ravenbrook Limited | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Important News * We extended the submission deadline to April 15, 2006. * Information about the conference's fee structure is available. Participating in the workshop can be as cheap as 150 Euro for students and 250 Euro for regular participants, including coffee breaks, lunch and receptions for both workshop days. * Nick Levine will be giving a keynote presentation at the workshop. He has been a professional Lisp consultant for over two decades and is the organizer of the upcoming International Lisp Conference in Cambridge, UK. We are grateful to Ravenbrook Limited for sponsoring the keynote presentation. * The Association of Lisp Users has kindly sponsored a $500 prize fund for exceptional papers submitted to this year's workshop. Both the ALU and the workshop organizers are looking forward to your submissions. See the news section at the workshop website for more details. Important Dates Submission deadline (papers & breakout groups): April 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance: May 12, 2006 ECOOP early registration deadline: May 23, 2006 For more information visit http://lisp-ecoop06.bknr.net/ Contact: Pascal Costanza, pc(a)p-cos.net Organizers ********** Pascal Costanza, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Theo D'Hondt, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Arthur Lemmens, Independent Consultant, Amsterdam Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London 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 two-day 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 on separate days; there will be a day for formally-presented talks, and a day for 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 in order to provide 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 Pascal Costanza (pc(a)p-cos.net) before the submission deadline.

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