[Phoenix-pm] Celebrate Perl's 20th birthday? Four Peaks South

Benjamin Trussell benjamin.trussell at asu.edu
Wed Dec 19 16:55:39 PST 2007


I'm still finishing up the moving process, so I have to bow out for
tonight.

Ben T.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phoenix-pm-bounces+benjamin.trussell=asu.edu at pm.org
> [mailto:phoenix-pm-bounces+benjamin.trussell=asu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf
> Of Derek Cline
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:34 PM
> To: Scott Walters; phoenix-pm at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Celebrate Perl's 20th birthday? Four Peaks
> South
> 
> I can't make it tonight, sry guys. Happy Bday Perl!
> 
> -=Derek
> 
> 
> On Dec 19, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Scott Walters wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, missed the second question.  Got carried away.  I was talking
> > about 7ish, tonight.  First mentioned this yesterday but still
> > short notice, I realize.
> >
> > -scott
> >
> > On  0, jdawgaz at cox.net wrote:
> >> thanks. but that only got one of my questions.
> >>
> >> when is the meeting.
> >> and yes, I would be interested in seeing what perl 5.10 has to
> offer.
> >> also I am stuck using 5.8 ish for quite a while, except of course
> >> at home
> >>
> >> jerry
> >>
> >> ---- Scott Walters <scott at illogics.org> wrote:
> >>> Hi jdawgaz,
> >>>
> >>> Four Peaks is a microbrewery, but considering how much
fermentation
> >>> capacity they have and how much beer the college students put
away,
> >>> I'm not sure "micro" really holds.  It's in an old fish warehouse,
> >>> a big old brick building, which was formerly part of the Pacific
> >>> Creamery, dating back to the late 1800s or early 1900s.  So,
> >>> the atmosphere is good, or about the best you can do in Phoenix.
> >>> Er, it's near downtown Tempe:
> >>>
> >>> They have a full bar, but a lot of people discover that they
> >>> like the alcoholic beverage, currently lacking a distinctive name,
> >>> that's made out of barley, hopped, and self-carbonated, rather
> >>> than the stuff commonly known as "beer" which is actually
> >>> rice, rice sugars, corn sugars, fermented to high gravity
> >>> and watered down, barely hopped at all, and filled with
> >>> chemical stabilzers to create artifical head rentention
> >>> before being force carbonated like soda.
> >>>
> >>> http://fourpeaks.com
> >>>
> >>> (Hmm, if no one wants to talk about Perl on this list, maybe
> >>> I can start a beer "discussion" if I just troll a bit...).
> >>>
> >>> -scott
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On  0, jdawgaz at cox.net wrote:
> >>>> when is this?
> >>>> i'm not a bar hopper, so what is four peaks south. is that up in
> >>>> scottsdale or fountain hills?
> >>>>
> >>>> ---- Scott Walters <scott at illogics.org> wrote:
> >>>>> This is for those of you who didn't actually open the email from
> >>>>> the other day.  I had suggested a meeting but not in the subject
> >>>>> line.  If I can get four RSVPs, I'll do a presentation on the
new
> >>>>> features just released in 5.10.  As some of you know, a large
> >>>>> chunk of _Perl 6 Now_ was Perl 6-ish features being retro-
> >>>>> portedor back-fit or whatever to Perl 5, so I've been following
> >>>>> Perl 5.10's development for most of the five years it's
> >>>>> been in progress.  I requested four RSVPs where a maybe
> >>>>> counts as half and so far have 1.5.  So, any takers?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Conversely, if you can't make it but would still like to do
> >>>>> a meeting, speak up, and if there are a few votes for that,
> >>>>> then that's what we'll do.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oh, and I'm thinking of moving the meeting to Four Peaks
> >>>>> South to take advantage of their Imperial Porter (9%
> >>>>> alcohol).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> -scott
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On  0, Scott Walters <scott at illogics.org> wrote:
> >>>>>> I wonder how many of us have jobs where we consider ourselves
> >>>>>> lucky
> >>>>>> if we get out at 6:30.  Maybe we should have a 9pm meeting to
> >>>>>> talk
> >>>>>> about it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Oh well.  I'm looking for four "yes" votes where a "maybe"
> >>>>>> couts as half.
> >>>>>> Otherwise we can try again after the holidays.  And anyone can
> >>>>>> call a meeting.  Don't wait for me.  Invite people to your
> >>>>>> favorite
> >>>>>> coffee shop after work.  I'll probably go.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -s
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On  0, Andrew Johnson <lajandy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   I might be able to come; depnds on how work goes.    [aj]
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   On Dec 18, 2007 3:14 PM, Scott Walters
> >>>>>>> <[1]scott at illogics.org> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>     So far no other takers.  7ish makes sense.  Catch people
> >>>>>>> on their
> >>>>>>>     way
> >>>>>>>     home from work.  Let's see if any more "I'm interested"
> >>>>>>> messages
> >>>>>>>     trickle in.
> >>>>>>>     -scott
> >>>>>>>     On  0, Bill Lindley <[2] wlindley at wlindley.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Casey's sounds good... Wednesday, what time?
> >>>>>>>
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