[Phoenix-pm] Celebrate Perl's 20th birthday? Four Peaks South
Scott Walters
scott at illogics.org
Wed Dec 19 13:39:48 PST 2007
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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