SPUG: Halloween Mtg: Sugalski on Parrot & Perl 6

[Tim Maher]

Fellow SPUGsters,

We're very lucky to have the Parrot Designer on hand for
our second meeting of this month, with a talk about very low-level
programming issues (for a change), and what's up with Perl 6.
Note also the *new* official SPUG Watering Hole, which is much more
conducive to conversation than the old place (see below).

Hope to see many of you at this meeting!  Feel free to come in costume,
if you wish. 8-}

-Tim
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      Special Halloween 2002 Seattle Perl Users Group Meeting
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   Speaker: Dan Sugalski, "Parrot Designer"
      Time: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7-9pm
  Location: SAFECO bldg, Brooklyn St. and NE 45th St.
      Cost: Admission is free and open to the general public.
      Info: http://seattleperl.org/

     Title: "Parrot in a Nutshell, and What's New in Perl 6"

Parrot is a virtual machine that's being created to execute byte code
for Perl 6, along with a few other languages you might have heard of
(see www.parrotcode.org).

Dan will give a quick introduction to some of the concepts underlying
interpreters in general, and Parrot in particular. He'll then cover
Parrot's design goals and some of the reasons the Parrot project was
undertaken for Perl 6.

He'll also give a brief overview of the changes that are coming in
Perl 6, and those that aren't coming.


About the Speaker
-----------------
Dan Sugalski is the designer of Parrot. He is deeply and tragically
involved with the threading model introduced with Perl 5.005 and the
author of more than a dozen Perl modules. Dan was also, for a while,
the maintainer of the Perl port to VMS. He's currently writing a
book for O'Reilly ("Programming Cocoa Applications with Perl") and
doing freelance consulting and training. When he's not hacking, he's
also a pretty good pastry cook.

Pre- and Post- Meeting Activities
---------------------------------
For those who wish to socialize with others before the meeting over
drinks, we have designated a nearby pub as a gathering place: "Finn
MacCool's", at 4217 University Ave. North (just a few blocks North of
our old hangout, the Big Time Brewery). (NOTE: This is a new location
for us, as of earlier this month.)

Those wishing to dine with other SPUGsters and the speaker are
encouraged to assemble at the "Cedars Restaurant", at 50th St. and
Brooklyn, in the University District. (This is quite near the SAFECO
tower.) Try to arrive between 5:30 and 6:00, and be ready to walk over
to the SAFECO tower at about 6:30.  The phone number is 527-5247.
Those intending to dine should RSVP to spug at seattleperl.org so we can
reserve a pre-allocated table of sufficient magnitude.

Meeting Location
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Our meetings are held in the gigantic SAFECO Tower at the corner of
Brooklyn St. and NE 45th St., near the University of Washington. This
building is the largest structure in the area, and as such is easy to
spot once you get anywhere near it.

Getting to the Building

>From points North of the University District:

    Take I-5 south bound, exit at NE 45th Street. Turn left (east) on
    NE 45th Street. You should easily see the SAFECO building ahead on
    the right. When you reach Brooklyn Ave NE, you're there. Find a
    convenient parking space.

>From points East of Seattle:

    Take highway 520 or I-90 west, exit to north bound I-5. Follow
    directions for downtown Seattle below.

>From Downtown Seattle:

    Take I-5 north bound, exit at NE 45th Street (keep right). Turn
    right (east) on NE 45th Street. You will see the SAFECO building
    ahead on the right. When you reach Brooklyn Ave NE, you're there.
    Find a convenient parking space.

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|  SPUG Founder & Leader       spug at seattleperl.org  |
|  Seattle Perl Users Group    www.seattleperl.org   |
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