[kw-pm] Damian Conway talk and YAPC::NA 2005

[Daniel R. Allen]

...It also occurs to me that Damian Conway is speaking twice in Toronto,
five days and two days before our next scheduled meeting.  The Monday
night talk (which he gave at YAPC 2003) sounds quite good- as well as the
perl 6 talk Bill mentioned below.

Is anybody interested in either or both of these, and would be interested
in a carpool?  Depending on interest, we might discuss moving the regular
meeting.  But only if I'm not the only person who is going to one or both
of these. :-)

-Daniel

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Bill Traynor wrote:

> I'm sure everyone on this list is already aware of the upcoming free talks
> to be given by Damian Conway in July in Toronto.
>
> For details see http://to.pm.org/damian/#freetalks
>
> What you may not be aware of is that if the UofT venue is sufficiently
> packed (ie. standing room only) there is a considerably good possibility
> that YAPC:NA 2005 will be held in Toronto.
>
> So if you were trying to decide which talk to attend, please try to make
> the Saturday talk at UofT:
>
> Saturday 17 July 2004, 4pm - 7pm
>
> Room BA 1160
> Bahen Centre for Information Technology
> 40 St. George Street
> University of Toronto (downtown St. George campus)
> Toronto, Ontario
>
> Here's a summary of the talk topic: Perl 6 Language Update: The State of
> The Language, and Object-Oriented Programming in Perl 6
>
> The Perl 6 design process is about keeping what works in Perl 5, fixing
> what doesn't, and adding what's missing. That means there will be a few
> fundamental changes to the language, a larger number of extensions to
> existing functionality, and a handful of completely new features. In this
> talk Damian will showcase some of the ways in which these modifications,
> enhancements, and innovations -- and in particular, the new OO mechanisms
> in Perl 6 -- will work together to make the next major version of Perl
> even more insanely great.
>
> This talk will be best appreciated by people who have a decent level of
> Perl 5 knowledge, especially if they have been following along with the
> Perl 6 development process. However, anyone who comes will gain a much
> better appreciation of the Perl 6 language, including a good idea of what
> it will look like in its final form. This talk could run long.
>
> Cheers
> Bill
>
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