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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This coming Wednesday, July 12<sup>th</sup>, ValueClick Inc.
has sponsored Dr. Damian Conway to speak at the Thousand Oaks Perl
Mongers. Here is an overview of the talk that Damian will be conducting:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Extreme Perl – The Horror That Is </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold'>SelfGOL</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In this talk Damian dissects the SelfGOL program: an
obfuscated, self-aware, viral quine that can:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>self-replicate,</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>rewrite other Perl programs to
allow them to self- replicate,</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>detect un-rewritable Perl
programs,</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>execute itself or other Perl
programs as cellular automata of arbitrary size (to play <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Conway</st1:City></st1:place>'s "Game of Life"),</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>animate any short text as a
cycling marquee banner.</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SelfGOL accomplishes these feats in under 1000 bytes of
standard Perl, without importing any modules, and without using a single if,
unless, while, until, for, foreach, goto, next, last, redo, map, or grep.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To do all that in under 1K of code, it relies on some
extreme programming techniques, and on many of the obscure backwaters of the
Perl syntax. This talk explores both.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In other words, it's everything you never wanted to know
about Perl, and would have been afraid to ask.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The talk is scheduled for <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>7pm
to 9pm</span></b>. Bring your appetite, as <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>pizza</span></b> and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>drinks</span></b>
will be provided. More information about the event can be found on our
site: <a href="http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/"
title="http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/">http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/</a>.
Directions to the ValueClick office may be found here: <a
href="http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/bin/view/Main/ValueClick"
title="http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/bin/view/Main/ValueClick">http://thousand-oaks-perl.org/bin/view/Main/ValueClick</a>.
If you live in the LA basin please attend the event – <st1:City
w:st="on">WestLake</st1:City> is closer to LA than <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Thousand Oaks</st1:City></st1:place> and the drive up here will be
well worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Please RSVP</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> to <a
href="mailto:adeltac@valueclick.com" title="mailto:adeltac@valueclick.com">adeltac@valueclick.com</a>
if you plan on attending so that we get enough food and chairs for everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TO.pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>More about Damian:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Damian Conway holds a B.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A widely sought-after speaker and trainer, he is also the
author of numerous well-known software modules including: Parse::RecDescent (a
sophisticated parsing tool), Class::Contract (design-by-contract programming in
Perl), Lingua::EN::Inflect (rule-based English transformations for text
generation), Class::Multimethods (multiple dispatch polymorphism),
Text::Autoformat (intelligent automatic reformatting of plaintext), Switch
(Perl's missing case statement), NEXT (resumptive method dispatch),
Filter::Simple (Perl-based source code manipulation), Quantum::Superpositions
(auto-parallelization of serial code using a quantum mechanical metaphor), and
Lingua::Romana::Perligata (programming in Latin). All of this software is
available free from your local CPAN mirror.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A well-known member of the international Perl community,
Damian was the winner of the 1998, 1999, and 2000 Larry Wall Awards for
Practical Utility. The best technical paper at the annual Perl Conference was
subsequently named in his honour. He is a member of the technical committee for
The Perl Conference, a keynote speaker at many Open Source conferences, a
former columnist for "The Perl Journal", and author of the books
"Object Oriented Perl" and "Perl Best Practices". In 2001
Damian received the first "Perl Foundation Development Grant" and
spent 20 months working on projects for the betterment of Perl.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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