<div dir="ltr"><div class="speakername">Larry will be speaking at this year's ACM Reflections/Projections conference on campus. Even if you can't make it, there will be a video of the talk available online afterwards. Information follows below:<br>
<br><br><br>Larry
Wall</div>
<div class="talkdatetime">Friday, Oct. 3<br>7:45 PM<br>1404 Siebel Center<br></div><a href="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2008/">http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2008/</a><br><br>It has been said that close only counts in horseshoes and hand
grenades--as long as you count nukes as a kind of hand grenade. But what
exactly are you aiming at, and how close is close enough? This talk will be
about the past, present, and future of Perl, with a few pointers on how to
launch your project, how to steer it while you still can, and when to let it
fly off on its own trajectory.</div>