SPUG: Re: [SEAPY] Halloween Mtg: Sugalski on Parrot & Perl 6
Brian Ingerson
ingy at ttul.org
Tue Oct 29 23:29:26 CST 2002
On 29/10/02 20:30 -0800, Tim Maher wrote:
> 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-}
Yahoo! I'll be there. I'll be the one wearing the lipring costume. ;-}
I think it's only courteous that we invite our friends on the Ruby
mailing list as well. Maybe we can get Matz to drop in. Oh, and our very
own prodigal son, Doug Beaver. C'mon Doug, drop by and enlighten us.
Cheers, Brian
> -Tim
> ======================================================
> | Tim Maher, Ph.D. tim at timmaher.org |
> | JAWCAR ("Just Another White Camel Award Recipient" |
> | SPUG Founder & Leader spug at seattleperl.org |
> | Seattle Perl Users Group www.seattleperl.org |
> ======================================================
>
> Special Halloween 2002 Seattle Perl Users Group Meeting
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
> ----------------
> 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.
>
> ======================================================
> | Tim Maher, Ph.D. tim at timmaher.org |
> | SPUG Founder & Leader spug at seattleperl.org |
> | Seattle Perl Users Group www.seattleperl.org |
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