[SPUG-Workers] june meeting -- slight change?

[Steve Baylis]

Hey Jerry,

Our office will be available any night that week, so what ever works best
for Audrey is fine here.

-Steve

On 6/8/06, jerry gay <jerry.gay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i just spoke with audrey. it seems that wednesday or thursday (21st or
> 22nd) would work better for her, so she can make a stop in portland as
> well. can we secure a space for the talk at 6:30p on either of those
> nights, or are we locked in for friday the 23rd?
>
> i have attached her bio and talk details below, so as soon as the
> date, time, and location are settled,  we can send out the usual
> invite. i think the sooner the better, so everyone has time to adjust
> for the adjusted time.
>
> btw i reverted the main wiki page from spam.
> ~jerry
>
>
>
> Presentation Description
> Deploying Perl 6
>
> With the advent of v6.pm, we can write "use v6-pugs;", start coding in
> Perl 6, and deploy it as part of a Perl 5 application, without any
> extra dependencies such as Haskell, Parrot, or even C compilers.
>
> This talk will discuss typical deployment scenarios, emphasizing on
> the strength of Perl 6's deployment model:
>
>     * Automatic dependency analysis, so upgrading CPAN modules will no
> longer break programs mysteriously.
>     * Multiversioning, allowing the use of multiple versions of the
> same module on the system.
>     * Module and function interfaces that enables more robust and
> self-documenting programs.
>     * Cross-platform bytecode, resulting in faster loading time and
> cross-compilation opportunity to e.g. client-side JavaScript.
>
> Moreover, we will present recipes for reusing Perl 5 modules in Perl 6
> programs and vice versa.
>
>
> Speaker Bio
> Audrey Tang (Traditional chinese: 唐鳳; born April 18, 1981 as 唐宗漢,
> formerly known as Autrijus) is a Taiwanese free software programmer,
> best known for initiating and leading the Pugs project, a joint effort
> from Haskell and Perl communities to implement the Perl 6 language.
>
> She is also known for internationalization and localization
> contributions to several Free Software programs, including SVK, Kwiki,
> Request Tracker and Slash, as well as heading Traditional Chinese
> translation efforts for various Open Source-related books.
>
> On the CPAN, Tang initiated over 100 Perl projects, including the
> popular Perl Archive Toolkit (PAR), a cross-platform packaging and
> deployment tool for Perl 5. She is also responsible for setting up
> smoke test and digital signature systems for CPAN.
>
> Tang is a high school dropout and a vocal proponent for autodidactism
> and individualist anarchism.
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