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Subject: NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 9 June 2004 NYSA: Josh Rabinowitz on Perl 6 and the new Perl and Lisp Virtual Machine Parrot
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We are pleased to announce that NYSA will be presenting a talk
on Perl 6 and Parrot on June 9th. We intend to have this be the
start of a new discussion series at NYSA and look forward to seeing
you there. PLEASE remember to RSVP, details below.
MEETING DETAILS from http://www.nysa.org/meetings.html
DATE
Wednesday, June 9th, 2004
6:30 pm to 6:45 pm - Announcements
6:45 pm to 7:45 pm - Main Presentation
7:45 pm to 9:00 pm - Open Floor
SPEAKER
Josh Rabinowitz is a 13-year veteran of the software industry who cut his
teeth at NASA Ames Research Center and at CNET.com and other web
companies. He currently is an independent internet consultant and software
developer in New York City, and the publisher of SkateboardDirectory.com,
which aims to be your guide to skateboard sites on the Internet.
TOPIC
Perl 6 and Parrot
Perl 6 is more than an incremental upgrade to the Perl 5. It's "the
community's rewrite of perl", and seeks to add deep features and language
changes while retaining backward compatibility with the huge code base of
current perl software. While Perl 6 as a language is still in the design
phase, many decisions are being made, and development is underway on
Parrot, an underlying "virtual machine designed to execute bytecode for
interpreted languages efficiently" that is intended to act as a platform
for Perl 6, as well versions of Scheme, BASIC, Befunge, and other
languages.
In this talk Josh will cover why the world needs Perl 6, the over-arching
Perl 6 design philosophies, some Perl 6 language features that are in
discussion and how they differ from Perl 5, and new features that have no
Perl 5 analog. Josh will also discuss Parrot's design, which is driven by
three principles: speed, abstraction, and stability, and provide an
overview of the current status of Perl 6 and Parrot.
***NEW LOCATION***
Sun Microsystems Inc
Forth floor, Room 4140, "Grammercy Park"
101 Park Ave
New York, NY 10178-0001
RSVP
Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to ····@nysa.org with a subject line of
"AUTO RSVP NYSA firstname lastname". The RSVP list will be given to
building security. If you do not RSVP, you will not be able to attend this
event. Please RSVP now if you plan to attend.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Sun Microsystems, is one block south of Grand Central, on the corner of
Park Ave and 41st St.
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