Please consider submitting a paper, and please pass this on to your
colleagues.
-rpg-
Onward!
Seeking New Paradigms & New Thinking
Chair: Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems
·······@oopsla.acm.org
Overview
The OOPSLA 2003 Onward! Track welcomes papers describing new paradigms and
metaphors in computing, new thinking about objects, new framings of
computational problems and systems, and new technologies. Onward! papers
need not advance the state of the art, but should aim, instead, to alter or
redefine the art by proposing a leap forward-or sideways-regarding
computing. Papers in the following areas are welcome, as are any papers
representing radical thinking of interest to theoreticians and
practitioners at OOPSLA:
* programming language theory, practice, and design
* architectures
* software development
* methodologies
* environments
* education
* ethics
* paradigms, metaphors, philosophy, and problem framings
An Onward! paper need not contain a fully worked out theory or implemented
system, but must be well-thought-out, well-written, and compelling in its
vision or uniqueness of thinking. Papers submitted to Onward! will be
reviewed by a separate program committee, and in some cases papers
submitted to the regular Technical Program may be directed to Onward!.
Accepted papers will be presented in parallel with the OOPSLA regular
technical program and published in an ACM publication. There is no page
limit for submitted papers, but there may be reasonable publication limits.
Onward! will have a Keynote speaker during an evening session open to the
general public.
The Onward! Track is separate from the regular OOPSLA technical
program-regular technical papers should be submitted to the OOPSLA
Technical Program. Onward! papers will not appear in the OOPSLA
Proceedings nor will papers be subject to the same rules of the Technical
Program review process.
Important Dates
Firm deadline for receipt of submissions: March 21, 2003
Notification of acceptance or rejection: tbd
Deadline for camera-ready copy: tbd
For More Information
For additional information, clarification, or answers to questions, please
contact the Onward! Chair, Richard P. Gabriel, at ·······@oopsla.acm.org.
http://oopsla.acm.org
Program Committee
Geoff Cohen, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
William Cook, Allegis
Walter Fontana, Santa Fe Institute
Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems
David West, New Mexico Highlands University
Richard Gabriel <···@dreamsongs.com> writes:
> The OOPSLA 2003 Onward! Track welcomes papers describing new paradigms and
> metaphors in computing, new thinking about objects, new framings of
> computational problems and systems, and new technologies. Onward! papers
> need not advance the state of the art, but should aim, instead, to alter or
> redefine the art by proposing a leap forward-or sideways-regarding
> computing.
God! Where to begin?
- Use Lisp
- Lisp-based web servers, serving dynamic content via lisp page descriptions.
- Dump the Java byte code thing: applets are lisp snippets communicated to
readers
- Dump CORBA, dump SOAP: lisp snippets there, lisp snippets back.
- Dump SQL: queries are little lambdas sent over to execute the appropriate
searches
- Dump most script languages: use a suitable Lisp variant, suitably "macro-ized"
- Dump XML and friends: use a simple sexp-based format instead.
- Use Lisp
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Cheers, The Rhythm is around me,
The Rhythm has control.
Ray Blaak The Rhythm is inside me,
·····@telus.net The Rhythm has my soul.