Recap of 4/18 meeting: <a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/recap-of-4182008-chicago-lisp-meeting/">http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/recap-of-4182008-chicago-lisp-meeting/</a><br><p><strong>ITEMS OF BUSINESS</strong>: <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Name</strong> - None of the name ideas got much support, so
we're sticking with Chicago Lisp until someone comes up with something
awesomer. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Project</strong> - No one had any ideas for or time to work on a project as a group so that's also waiting for an awesomer idea.</p>
<p><strong>Server</strong> - John and Craig both have servers where they can host things but not allow remote access to. John has a basic homepage at <a href="http://www.chicaglisp.org/" target="_blank">http://www.chicaglisp.org</a> and has a <a href="http://https//www.chicagolisp.org/lists/listinfo/chicago-lisp-discuss" target="_blank">mailing list</a> setup. There might be a wiki in the future. Meeting announcements and recaps will continue to be on Peter's <a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/chicago-lisp" target="_blank">Chicago Lisp page</a> and then cross posted to the two mailing lists and the <a href="http://chicagolisp.org">chicagolisp.org</a> site.</p>
<p><strong>Next Meeting</strong></p>
<p><strong>WHEN</strong>: Friday, May 16th at 7pm. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>WHERE</strong>: TBD (<a href="mailto:chicago-lisp-discuss@chicagolisp.org">suggest a place</a>) <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>WHAT</strong>: Lightning talks. The following people have signed up, more welcome (<a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/chicago-lisp">email Peter</a> if interested or add a comment at <a href="http://coordinatr.com/events/home/3bbndi8iji" target="_blank">Coordinatr</a>)</p>
<ul><li>Grant Rattke - A simple object system using macros</li><li>Steve Githens - TBD</li><li>Dry runs from the people presenting at the Intro to Lisp Workshop</li></ul>
<p><strong>Intro to Lisp Workshop</strong>: We did some pre-planning and delegation. See <a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/announcing-intro-to-lisp-workshop/">details here</a>. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Presentation on Combined Object-Lambda Architectures (COLAs)</strong>:</p>
<p>The inagural presentation of our group was about the work done by the <a href="http://www.vpri.org/" target="_blank">Viewpoints Research Institure (VPRI)</a>. The most recognizable name associated with this is Alan Kay, Mr. Invent the Future himself. John Quigley made an <a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/20080418-jquigley-colas.pdf" target="_blank">excellent slide deck</a> (pdf) where he reviewed the paper <a href="http://piumarta.com/software/cola/colas-whitepaper.pdf" target="_blank">"Making COLAs with Pepsi and Coke" </a>(pdf) by Ian Piumarta and put into slightly more comprensible language.</p>
<p>This paper is for the <a href="http://www.vpri.org/html/work/ifnct.htm" target="_blank">Fundamental New Computer Technologies</a>
project at VPRI. The aim of the project is to create a complete
computing system in 20,000 lines of code. This system would be
everything from the hardware to the UI and include both design and
implementation. Having such a compact system would be a useful
exploration and learning tool, so every part of it can be inspected and
manipulated. They're currently 18 months into a 5 year project but they
already have made intriguing progress.</p>
<p>John's presentation was about the architecture of the self
bootstrapping system. I can't claim that I understood it all, or even
most of it. I was able to keep up mostly because I had come across
VPRI's work on Jeff Moser's blog earlier in the week so I was familiar
with the overview. What I did sort of grasp boggled my mind and
definintely but VPRI on my technical radar, if for no other reason than
as a technical challenge to aspire to.</p>
<p>If you can understand everything in Piumarta's paper (or even in
John's summary deck), you're a whiz. If not, don't feel bad. I would
recommend reading the <a href="http://www.vpri.org/pdf/NSF_prop_RN-2006-002.pdf" target="_blank">NSF proposal</a> (pdf) and the <a href="http://www.vpri.org/pdf/steps_TR-2007-008.pdf" target="_blank">first year progress report</a> (pdf). They're in more accessible, less technically deep language and they have pretty pictures.</p>
<p>Thanks John for setting the bar high right out of the gate!</p><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Peter Christensen <<a href="mailto:peter@pchristensen.com">peter@pchristensen.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Fine with me too. I'll have the recaps up this weekend - they're mostly written but I was waiting on the date for the workshop before I posted them.<br>
<br>-Peter<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Craig Ludington <<a href="mailto:cl@craig.upholsters.us" target="_blank">cl@craig.upholsters.us</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>John Quigley writes:<br>
> I've tentatively scheduled the first Lisp Workshop for Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 3:00pm at the Institute of Design[1] in downtown Chicago (right by the Clark/Lake El stop). More details to come, but I want to first confirm that this date works with the various volunteers who will be teaching.<br>
<br>
</div>That date is fine with me.<br>
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Craig<br>
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