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

[jdawgaz at cox.net]

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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