Howdy!
The second meeting of the Stockholm Lispers is wednesday the 31st!
There were four of us the first time (Mats Westin, Henrik Hjelte, Ties
Stuij, myself) so applying Arthur & Edi's formula we'll be eight this
time and it'll be the first and last time we manage to meet in my cosy
living room. :-)
Any Lispers are welcome, just send me a mail if you'll come by!
(Otherwise there might not be enough beer for you :-))
(This is essentially a forward from lisp(a)lisp.se because that list
feels a bit closed and may not reach everyone it should.)
Tid: 17:30 onsdag jan 31
Address: Mosebacke Torg 14A
T-Bana: Slussen
Portkod: 0951
Lagenhet: Genom gård och inom huset till vänster. En trappa upp.
Mobilen: 0701 040 041
Map ref:
http://kartor.eniro.se/query?&what=map&mop=yp&mapstate=7%3B18.074209%3B59.3…
Hi there,
(warning: if you follow Lispjobs, the following might sound familiar)
Our company in the Netherlands is looking for a talented programmer to
work on both our own projects and those of our clients. Languages used
prominently includes Lisp, so I figured I'd mail the list.
We're a small, young, growing company (there's now 7 of us) who do web
application programming from our office in The Hague. We strive to be
the high quality alternative among many companies who deliver mediocre
software and service at best.
We try to use the best tool for every job, which for us in many cases
comes down to Lisp. (Not always, but hey.)
More info, including how to apply, at:
http://www.streamtech.nl/site/jobs+at+streamtech
cheers,
Jaap de Heer
Streamtech
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| INTERNATIONAL LISP CONFERENCE 2007 |
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| http://www.international-lisp-conference.org |
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| Clare College, Cambridge, England - April 1-4, 2007 |
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Sponsored by:
The Association of Lisp Users
Important news:
+ Registration for the conference is now open. Take advantage of
early registration discounts by registering early. There are
also discounts for ACM and ALU members.
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/registration
+ Mailing lists for prospective participants have been set up.
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/mailing-lists
+ We have applied for ACM SIGPLAN In-cooperation status and expect
to be able to publish the proceedings for ILC'07 in the ACM
Digital Library.
+ We are delighted that the following have accepted invitations to
speak at the conference:
Richard Jones (University of Kent)
John Mallery (MIT CSAIL)
Ralf Moeller (Hamburg University of Technology)
Christian Queinnec (Univ. Pierre & Marie Curie)
Manuel Serrano (INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
Michael Sperber (University of Tuebingen)
Herbert Stoyan (University of Erlangen)
We will announce a few more invited speakers soon.
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/speakers
+ The program committee has been formed.
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/committee
General Information:
The Association of Lisp Users is pleased to announce the 2007
International Lisp Conference will be held in Cambridge, England
at Clare College from April 1st to 4th, 2007.
We encourage submissions in diverse areas, including but not
limited to: language design and implementation, software
engineering, mathematical and scientific computing, artificial
intelligence, data mining, business intelligence, bioinformatics,
telecommunications and networking, the semantic web, music, and
entertainment technologies.
Alongside our usual four day program of tutorials and prominent
invited speakers, and excellent technical sessions, this year
there will also be workshops and demonstrations sessions.
The official language of the conference is English. Further
details are available at the conference web site.
Technical Program:
Original submissions in all areas related to the conference themes
are invited for the following categories.
Papers: Technical papers of up to 15 pages that describe original
results, and/or extended abstracts of 4 pages with full papers
sent soon after.
Demonstrations: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for demonstrations of
tools, libraries and applications.
Workshops: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for groups of people who
intend to work on a focussed topic for half a day.
Tutorials: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for indepth presentations
about topics of special interest for 90 - 180 minutes.
Panel discussions: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for discussions
about current themes. Panel discussion proposals must mention
panel member who are willing to partake in a discussion.
Conference Registration:
Conference registration is now open. Simply visit
http://international-lisp-conference.org/2007/registration
The advance registration deadline is March 11th. but if you
register before December 31st we'll give you another 20% off the
advance registration price.
Registration includes: access to all events, morning and afternoon
teas / coffees, self-service lunch, banquet (Tuesday April 3rd),
proceedings and hopefully a conference t-shirt. Accomodation is
available in Clare College's "Memorial Court".
http://international-lisp-conference.org/2007/venue#accomodation
Credit cards and PayPal are accepted, as are cheques (sterling or
US dollars) and international bank transfers.
Important Dates:
Please send contributions before the submission deadline to the
program committe (ilc07-program-committee at alu.org).
Deadline for abstract submissions: December 15, 2006
Notification of acceptance or rejection: February 5, 2007
Deadline for final paper submissions: March 2, 2007
Advance registration deadline: March 11, 2007
Advance advance registration deadline: December 31, 2006
Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs: Carl Shapiro (SRI International)
Pascal Costanza (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Members: Rusty Johnson (ALU)
Peter Lindahl (ALU)
Program Chair: JonL White (The Ginger Ice Cream Factory / ALU)
Contact: ilc07-program-committee at alu.org
Local chair: Nick Levine (Ravenbrook / ALU)
General correspondence: ilc07-organizing-committee at alu.org
Program Committee:
Jeff Dalton (University of Edinburgh)
Rainer Joswig (Valtech)
Hsiao Kuroda (Mathematical Systems Inc.)
Nick Levine (Ravenbrook)
Henry Lieberman (MIT Media Lab)
Joe Marshall (Google Inc.)
Scott McKay (ITA Software)
Wolfgang De Meuter (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Julian Padget (University of Bath)
Jeff Shrager (Stanford University and Xerox PARC)
Mark Stickel (SRI International)
Mailing Lists:
General conference announcements are made on a very occasional
basis to the low-volume mailing list ilc07-announce.
http://www.alu.org/mailman/listinfo/ilc07-announce
If you're thinking of participating in ILC 2007, you should either
join this list or take an occasional look at the archives.
http://www.alu.org/pipermail/ilc07-announce
Cadence Design Systems GmbH in Munich, Germany ( www.cadence.com and
www.cadence.com/vcad) has an immediate job opening in the VCAD
organization for an experienced software developer. It would be
great to fill the position with someone who has good Lisp experience.
Virtual CAD (VCAD) is a group within Cadence providing EDA (Electronic
Design Automation) related services. The job 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.
The position would be working in a small software group within an
IC design services group. Tasks are usually related to IC design
automation but not exclusively. Other current projects include release
management, resource scheduling/tracking, Object-system implementation,
regression/system/unit testing flow development.
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). Experience in Perl, Python,
C++, TCL, Java and Ample are useful but to a lesser extent.
Experience with UNIX applications such as mySQL and Postgres would
also be good. The platform is 99% UNIX based, including mostly Linux
and Solaris. Other things that would be nice, but are not required:
some theoretical familiarity with relational databases.
Fluency in English and relocation to Munich Germanyis required.
Also useful would be familiarity with German, French, Italian,
Russian, or Hebrew.
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| INTERNATIONAL LISP CONFERENCE 2007 |
| |
| http://www.international-lisp-conference.org |
| |
| Clare College, Cambridge, England - April 1-4, 2007 |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Sponsored by:
The Association of Lisp Users
General Information:
The Association of Lisp Users is pleased to announce the 2007
International Lisp Conference will be held in Cambridge, England at
Clare College from April 1st to 4th, 2007.
We encourage submissions in diverse areas, including but not
limited
to: language design and implementation, software engineering,
mathematical and scientific computing, artificial intelligence,
data
mining, business intelligence, bioinformatics, telecommunications
and networking, the semantic web, music, and entertainment
technologies.
Alongside our usual four day program of tutorials and prominent
invited speakers, and excellent technical sessions, this year there
will also be workshops and demonstrations sessions.
The official language of the conference is English. Further details
are available at the conference web site.
Technical Program:
Original submissions in all areas related to the conference themes
are invited for the following categories.
Papers: Technical papers of up to 15 pages that describe original
results, and/or extended abstracts of 4 pages with full papers sent
soon after.
Demonstrations: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for demonstrations of
tools, libraries and applications.
Workshops: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for groups of people who
intend to work on a focussed topic for half a day.
Tutorials: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for indepth presentations
about topics of special interest for 90 - 180 minutes.
Panel discussions: Abstracts of up to 2 pages for discussions about
current themes. Panel discussion proposals must mention panel
member who are willing to partake in a discussion.
Important Dates:
Please send contributions before the submission deadline to the
program committe (ilc07-program-committee at alu.org).
Deadline for abstract submissions: December 15, 2006
Notification of acceptance or rejection: February 5, 2007
Deadline for final paper submissions: March 2, 2007
Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs: Carl Shapiro (SRI International)
Pascal Costanza (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Members: Rusty Johnson (ALU)
Peter Lindahl (ALU)
Program Chair: JonL White (The Ginger Ice Cream Factory / ALU)
Contact: ilc07-program-committee at alu.org
Local chair: Nick Levine (Ravenbrook / ALU)
General correspondence: ilc07-organizing-committee at alu.org
Forwarding this for Roel Wuyts.
------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------
> From: Roel Wuyts and Laurence Tratt <dyn(a)tratt.net>
> Date: Tue 17 Oct 2006 20:44:24 GMT+02:00
> To: eurolisp(a)common-lisp.net, feyerabend-project(a)yahoogroups.com
> Subject: IEEE Software Special Issue: Rapid Application Development
>
>
> ======================================================================
>
> IEEE Software Special Issue
> Rapid Application Development with Dynamically Typed Languages
>
> Call for Papers
>
> Publication: September/October 2007
> Submission Deadline: 1 February 2007
>
> ======================================================================
>
> Dynamically typed programming languages were once seen as slow,
> unreliable, and
> suitable only for small throw-away tasks. However, their ability to
> aid rapid systems
> development and to facilitate the pervasive, mobile, and frequently
> updated systems
> that are increasingly in demand in the modern world has led to
> their stock rising
> considerably.
>
> While developers are ever keen to find out more about the details
> of dynamic programming
> languages, managers are interested in finding out how they can
> complement existing
> approved languages without diluting their organizations' technical
> focus.
>
> We thus solicit contributions in several areas related to dynamic
> programming languages.
>
> Topics of interest include:
>
> * Dynamic programming languages "in use".
> * Organizations' experiences in integrating dynamic programming
> languages
> into their existing language menagerie.
> * Experiences of and techniques for using dynamic programming
> languages
> effectively (including efficiency and scalability concerns).
> * How dynamic programming languages have evolved and how they might
> develop in the future.
> * New techniques in challenging areas such as metaprogramming,
> reflection,
> dynamic reconfigurability, and mobility.
>
> For detailed author guidelines, please visit:
>
> http://www.computer.org/software/author.htm
>
> Manuscripts must not exceed 5,400 words including figures and
> tables, which count
> for 200 words each. Submissions in excess of these limits may be
> rejected without
> refereeing. The articles we deem within the theme's scope will be
> peer-reviewed and
> are subject to editing for magazine style, clarity, organization,
> and space.
>
> For more information, please contact the Guest Editors Laurence
> Tratt and Roel Wuyts
> at dyn(a)tratt.net.
>
>
>
Hi,
David Cooper [1] is visiting The Netherlands this week.
On Thursday evening (that's the 28th) Ernst van Waning and I will be
having a chat with David. We'll start around 18:00 with a few drinks
in Cafe-Restaurant "Eerste Klas", next to platform 2 of Amsterdam
Central Station. Then we'll probably move on to some nice restaurant
for dinner.
If you happen to be near Amsterdam next Thursday, it would be nice if
you could join us. (But please mail or phone me first.)
Arthur Lemmens
+31 6 14 377 438
[1] http://www.genworks.com/people.htmlhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~alemmens/alu/database/david-cooper-jr.txt
CDR - The Common Lisp Document Repository
What?
The Common Lisp Document Repository is a repository of documents that
are of interest to the Common Lisp community. The most important
property of a CDR document is that it will never change: if you refer
to it, you can be sure that your reference will always refer to
exactly the same document.
Why?
There have been a number of attempts to establish a standardization
process for Common Lisp after it has been officially published as an
ANSI standard. The ANSI standardization was very costly and very time
consuming (according to http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/
msg/15248a1b11c5a603 it took nearly 10 years and at least $400K).
The goal of the Common Lisp Document Repository is to be more light-
weight and more efficient. We focus on one aspect of standardization:
the ability to refer to a specification document in an unambiguous way.
The Common Lisp Document Repository intentionally does not define a
process for coming up with specifications or any other means to
guarantee some level of quality of the submitted documents. Instead,
we aim for a community-driven, decentralized approach to come up,
discuss and finalize specifications. In this sense, we only provide
the services of librarians.
We hope that the Common Lisp Document Repository has the potential to
prove useful in establishing new de-facto standards, and to serve as
a stepping stone for more formal standardizations in the long run.
Where?
The Common Lisp Document Repository is hosted at http://cdr.eurolisp.org
How?
The Common Lisp Document Repository is a repository of printable text
documents that contain material that are of interest to the Common
Lisp community. For example, a CDR document can contain
specifications of libraries, language extensions, example
implementations, test suites, articles, etc. Each CDR document will
be identified by a number. Form and possible contents of CDR
documents are not prescribed, but the goal is to provide the Common
Lisp community with a way to unambiguously refer to a document by way
of mentioning its CDR number.
The repository already contains two CDR documents: CDR 0 describes
CDR itself, and CDR 1 is the CLOS Metaobject Protocol specification
as published in the book "The Art of the Metaobject" by Gregor
Kiczales, Jim des Rivieres and Daniel G. Bobrow.
The presence of a document in the CDR repository does not imply a
recommendation of any kind, but we leave the acceptance or rejection
of particular documents to the community's natural selection process.
We expect that some CDR documents will claim to be replacements of,
or clarifications for, previous ones, but again such statements do
not mean that this repository's goal is to enforce such developments.
We are just librarians who want to make it possible to refer and cite
documents of interest to Common Lispers.
We use a light-weight process that consists of the following steps:
1. One or more authors submit a document.
2. We check that the document is a printable text document, that
it is indeed about Common Lisp, and that it does not contain
objectionable material (like porn, religious or political statements,
etc.).
3. The document will be immediately assigned a fresh CDR number
that can be used to refer to the document. We will make the document
available for an initial period, after which it will be frozen and
moved into final status, unless the authors decide to withdraw the
document during the initial period.
For more details about the process, see the CDR manual at http://
cdr.eurolisp.org
The CDR editors
Marc Battyani, Pascal Costanza, Arthur Lemmens, Edi Weitz
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=1http://www.cadence-europe.com/eEuronews/mar_05/features.html
Hi folks,
I will give a Common Lisp Workshop for novice Common Lisp
programmers. Everyone in reasonable driving range of Vienna is invited
to
MetaLab - http://metalab.at
Sunday, 25th of June, 18:00-20:00.
Features: 45 minutes presentation of Common Lisp Basics, break, 1 hour
hack your own tic-tac-toe. For the later workshop part, it is
neccessary to bring your own laptop! Nothing else than an ssh client
is required.
The workshop is intended for programmers with experience in other
languages but no experience in Lisp. The event is free.
This events -- hopefully -- marks the beginning of a series of Common
Lisp related events. Some bigger, some smaller. This workshop at least
is bigger in terms of effort I put into, and all contributes to
building an Austrian CL user group -> http://lisplab.at
---
Fruhwirth Clemens - http://clemens.endorphin.org
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