From ravi_n at alum.mit.edu Tue Jul 14 14:29:12 2009 From: ravi_n at alum.mit.edu (Ravi Nanavati) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:29:12 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] July polling woes Message-ID: <161d443c0907140729n2a1405bcg448f9b686bcf927e@mail.gmail.com> I apologize that the online poll service I used for the July meeting's poll ( http://www.learnmyself.com/poll10828x74C54f13 ) is unreliable. I just tried to look at the results from a network I'm not usually on and discovered that their DNS configuration seems to have quirks that cause problems in some places and not others. If you're having trouble getting to the poll, please feel free to email me directly instead. Naturally, I'd also appreciate suggestions on alternative ways to do an attendance poll. Thanks, - Ravi From xach at xach.com Sat Jul 18 15:47:58 2009 From: xach at xach.com (Zach Beane) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:47:58 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] July 27 meeting Message-ID: <20090718154758.GO13305@xach.com> I'll be there! Zach From axofch at gmail.com Sat Jul 18 16:21:47 2009 From: axofch at gmail.com (Alexey Radul) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:21:47 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] July 27th meeting Message-ID: Rebecca and I plan to come. ~Alexey From michael.r.stone at gmail.com Sat Jul 18 16:48:02 2009 From: michael.r.stone at gmail.com (Michael Stone) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:48:02 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] July mtg RSVP Message-ID: <961dd6930907180948h62cf53d9yc2aad18e36adb11d@mail.gmail.com> See you there! Michael From Alan at Bawden.Org Sun Jul 19 02:52:02 2009 From: Alan at Bawden.Org (Alan Bawden) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:52:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] Monday 2009-07-27 Message-ID: <18Jul2009.225102.Alan@Bawden.Org> I'll be there. From ds26gte at yahoo.com Mon Jul 20 12:35:25 2009 From: ds26gte at yahoo.com (Dorai Sitaram) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:35:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] registration for July 27, 2009 Boston Lisp Meeting In-Reply-To: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> References: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> Message-ID: <699097.59151.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hi. I'd like to register to attend this meeting. thanks, Dorai Sitaram From sfreilich at itasoftware.com Mon Jul 20 14:44:09 2009 From: sfreilich at itasoftware.com (Samuel Freilich) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:44:09 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] RSVP for 7/27 Message-ID: <4A6482B9.4090508@itasoftware.com> I will be there. From greg at technomadic.org Mon Jul 20 17:04:10 2009 From: greg at technomadic.org (Greg Pfeil) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:04:10 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] I'll be there Message-ID: <8B152633-CA79-4FA1-A471-74A9F2C1681B@technomadic.org> From damned at theworld.com Tue Jul 21 00:25:35 2009 From: damned at theworld.com (Mark Simpson) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:25:35 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] RSVP for July 27 Lisp meeting Message-ID: I am planning on attending and have no food taboos per se. From ahefner at gmail.com Sun Jul 26 07:06:05 2009 From: ahefner at gmail.com (Andy Hefner) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:06:05 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] Register, July 27th 2009 Message-ID: <31ffd3c40907260006k49753227ge18fdc2ca93eb098@mail.gmail.com> I plan to attend the July 27th meeting. No food taboos of note. From crawford.david at gmail.com Mon Jul 27 13:54:12 2009 From: crawford.david at gmail.com (David Crawford) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:54:12 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] [boston-lisp] Boston Lisp Meeting Monday 2009-06-29: Eli Barzilay on Implementing Domain Specific Languages with PLT Scheme In-Reply-To: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> References: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> Message-ID: <6e6a4970907270654l3a1588f4p8b9dc20e42070e5a@mail.gmail.com> I'll be there. -David On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Francois-Rene Rideau wrote: > Boston Lisp Meeting: > Monday 2009-07-27 > Bruce Lewis, Richard Kreuter > > http://fare.livejournal.com/145087.html > > A Boston Lisp Meeting will take place > on Monday, July 27th 2009 at 1800 at MIT 34-401B, > where Bruce Lewis will speak about OurDoings, and > Richard Kreuter will speak about defsystems and deliverables, > or, unary REQUIRE for the win! > > Additionally, we are still accepting proposals for up to two volunteers > to each give of a 5-minute Lightning Talk (followed by 2-minute Q&A). > > Also, there will be a buffet offered by ITA Software. > Registration is not necessary but appreciated. See details below. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * > > Bruce Lewis will speak about OurDoings < http://OurDoings.com/ >, > a web site that solves the problem faced by people who > take a lot of pictures, but don't have much time to share them online. > Its approach to the problem is straightforward, but unique. > In this talk, Bruce will use the OurDoings web site as context in which to > explain how macros enable a kind of abstraction that functions do not, and > how this form of abstraction is useful in common problems > that thousands of programmers face. > > Bruce Lewis left the Lisp world after completing MIT 6.001 > (Structure and Interpetation of Computer Programs) in Spring, 1987. > Ten years later, seeking a better way to write database-driven > web applications, he created > BRL, > the "Beautiful Report Language", > an alternative to Perl ("Practical Extraction and Report Language") > that dominated web development at the time. > Bruce lives in Beverly, Massachusetts with his wife and three children. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* * > > Richard Kreuter will speak about > Defsystems and deliverables, or, unary REQUIRE for the win! > Common Lisp users have employed a succession of system construction tools > ("defsystems") over the years. Howsoever good a defsystem tool might be, > overuse of system construction tools creates needless technical and social > problems in the community and confounds newcomer and professional alike. > This presentation will cover some of the drawbacks of the traditional uses > of defsystems, and proposes some approaches to deploying Lisp software > intended to make Lisp library usage more tractable than defsystems make it. > > Richard Kreuter is a software developer in the Boston area. > He has worked on Steel Bank Common Lisp, driven himself nuts > by too much reading of the Common Lisp standard, and is likely to be > the last person on earth who thinks CL's pathnames still are a good idea. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * * * > > Having observed the success of the formula at ILC'2009, > we have instituted Lightning Talks at the Boston Lisp Meeting. > At every meeting, before the main talk, > there are two slots for strictly timed 5-minute talks > followed by 2-minute for questions and answers. > > The slots for next Monday are still open. > Step up and come talk about your pet project! > > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* * * * > > The Lisp Meeting will take place on Monday June 29th 2009 at 1800 (6pm) > at MIT, Room 34-401B. > > As the numbers indicate, the room is in Building 34, on the 4th floor. > This is the usual location, on 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge. > > MIT map: http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?selection=34 > > Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50+Vassar+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02139,+USA > > Many thanks go to Alexey Radul for arranging for the room, > and to MIT for welcoming us. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * * * * * > > Dinner: ITA Software, a fine employer of Lisp hackers > (disclaimer: I work there), is kindly purchasing a buffet > to accompany our monthly Boston Lisp meeting. > Anyone who attends is welcome to partake. > > We appreciate it if you let us know you're coming, > and what food taboos you have, > so that we can order the correct amount of food. > Tell us by sending email to > boston-lisp-meeting-register at common-lisp.net. > We won't send any acknowledgement unless requested; > importantly, we'll keep your identity and address confidential > and won't communicate any such information to anyone, > not even to our sponsors. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* * * * * * > > The previous Boston Lisp Meeting on May 26th > had 40 participants. > Norman Ramsey gave a talk about > Using Higher-Order Functions and Continuation-Passing Style > to Make Dataflow Optimization Simple. > > In the near future, we expect to have > Bruce Lewis on 2009-07-27 about BRL http://brl.codesimply.net and > ourdoings.com, Emmanuel Schanzer on 2009-08-31 about BootstrapWorld.org, and > Christine Flood on some undetermined date about > Fortress http://projectfortress.sun.com > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * * * * * * * > > We're always looking for more speakers. > The call for speakers and all the other details are at > http://fare.livejournal.com/120393.html > Also sought are volunteers to give Lightning Talks > http://fare.livejournal.com/143723.html > > For more information, see our web site boston-lisp.org. > For posts related to the Boston Lisp meetings in general, follow this link: > http://fare.livejournal.com/tag/boston-lisp-meeting > or subscribe to our RSS feed: > http://fare.livejournal.com/data/rss?tag=boston-lisp-meeting > > Please forward this information to people you think would be interested. > Please accept my apologies for your receiving this message multiple times. > My apologies if this announce gets posted to a list where it shouldn't, > or fails to get posted to a list where it should. > Feedback welcome by private email reply to fare at tunes.org. > > _______________________________________________ > boston-lisp mailing list > boston-lisp at common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/boston-lisp > From bhyde at pobox.com Mon Jul 27 20:57:58 2009 From: bhyde at pobox.com (Ben Hyde) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0400 Subject: [boston-lisp-meeting-register] [boston-lisp] Boston Lisp Meeting Monday 2009-06-29: Eli Barzilay on Implementing Domain Specific Languages with PLT Scheme In-Reply-To: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> References: <20090718151051.56111418C@bespin.org> Message-ID: <2E590458-ABBE-4CD1-9722-4E2236B89B6A@pobox.com> On Jul 18, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Francois-Rene Rideau wrote: > We appreciate it if you let us know you're coming, +1