[eurolisp] Opinions needed...

[Pascal Costanza]

On 2 Dec 2005, at 10:46, Arthur Lemmens wrote:

> Barry Wilkes wrote:
>
>> I think that the workshop format is a unique opportunity to get
>> feedback on ones ideas from a group with a wide range of experience.
>
> I agree with Barry here.  The workshop's "unique selling point" is
> the breakout group format.  If you want to hear talks about Lisp or
> just have a chat with other Lispers, you can go to the ILC or the  
> ECLM.
> But the breakout group format was a nice intermediate between the
> "just sit and listen" character of a typical presentation and the
> "anything goes" character of an informal chat.

Thanks a lot to everyone for their opinions so far. I think I will go  
for it.

BTW, I don't think that the breakout group format should necessarily  
be a unique selling point of the ECOOP workshop. It could also make  
sense to do something like that at other events, like the ECM or the  
ILC. I have always thought that it's a shame that when some of the  
brightest minds meet together that they don't actually use the  
opportunity to also be productive together. But that's maybe just me...


Thanks again,
Pascal

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