[nylug-talk] NY Linux Users Grp. 21 May Meeting: Lisp, A Fresh Look

Tue May 6 02:33:00 EDT 2003

May 21st, 2003
Wednesday
6:30pm-8:00pm
IBM Headquarters Building
590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
9th Floor, home to the IBM Linux Center of Competency

** RSVP Instructions **
    Unless you have already rsvp'ed for a prior meeting, everyone
    should RSVP to attend. http://rsvp.nylug.org
    Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number.

** Stammtisch **
    Note the current location of Stammtisch. See below for details.

                       Heow Eide-Goodman (LispNYC.org)
                                    -on-
                             Lisp, A Fresh Look

   Lisp is the programming language evolving from 1950s computer science
   work by John McCarthy, one of the pioneers in computer artificial
   intelligence. Over the course of time Lisp has evolved many variants,
   among them Common Lisp, Scheme, even the venerable Emacs editor churns
   along powered by Elisp. Evidently, and as affirmed by this month's
   speaker, Lisp is one of most expressive languages planned and created
   by the human mind.

   This May 21st, Heow Eide-Goodman (LispNYC.org, local user group,
   founder, NYLUG member) will walk you through a rediscovery journey of
   the respected 40-plus years old programming language. Learn some of
   Lisp's core capabilities, still unmatched by it's modern day
   contemporaries, and experience an advanced Object Oriented architecture
   so flexible it still defies UML definition. Witness Lisp features that
   make C++/Java professionals green with envy.

   Geared with just enough technical details for geeks, and with proven
   business cases that managers love, Heow will demonstrate how Lisp can
   not only make your programs better suited for the task at hand, but how
   it will also save you time and money. Always a good thing.

   For the truly geeky at heart note a passage from a major hackerdom
   reference, ``How To Become A Hacker'' by Eric Steven Raymond, on his
   suggested path for l'apprenti sorcier to follow:

     LISP is worth learning for a different reason ? the profound
     enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That
     experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your
     days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot.

   Raymond is writing in the context of expanding your mind with Lisp, and
   gaining the chops, stocking your arsenal of modern programming
   languages and techniques. His perspective is incisive, read the brief
   essay to learn his views on programming languages, hacking ethos and
   directions for your hero quest.

   With Lisp meriting three stories in Slashdot within the past year, find
   out why Lisp is hip and well poised for popular revival.

For More Information Visit:

   * LispNYC.org
      http://www.LispNYC.org/
   * Association of Lisp Users
      http://www.alu.org/  or  http://www.lisp.org
   * Slashdot Article: Kent Pitman on Lisp
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/03/1726251
   * Slashdot Article: Using Lisp to Beat Your Competition
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/01/1539239
   * Slashdot Article: The Hundred Year Language
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1223223
   * Slashdot Article: Lisp as an Alternative to Java
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/08/0113203
   * comp.lang.lisp
      http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.lang.lisp
   * Lisp Potpourri
     http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Lisp/?tc=1
   * ``How To Become A Hacker'', Hackers drawl their gong fu with a Lisp
      http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#skills1

About Heow Eide-Goodman:

   After earning a Computer Science degree from Bowling Green State
   University, Heow has spent the last decade as a consultant, developing
   software. ``Only lately has he realized that life is too short to be
   spent on relatively low level languages like C.''

   He is author of a Unix utility Long Live XTerm , Tiny Scheme for the
   Sharp Zaurus and contributor to many Open Source Software projects.

   Heow is a founding member of Lisp NYC and the NYC Extreme Programming
   professional development groups, is currently employed by Thomson
   Media, and installs Debian Linux on every computer he can get his hands
   on.

Free Stuff!
    Swag of undetermined value and quantity may be distributed on a
    first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best selection

Keysignings
    Immediately after the presentation and continuing at Houlihans,
    we will be gathering for a keysigning. So for those who have keys
    already, please remember to bring hard-copy printouts of your
    40-character key fingerprint. If you haven't created a key yet,
    our howto docs are posted here: http://www.nylug.org/keys

Stammtisch
    *** Note the current location ***
    After the meeting ... Join us around 8:15pm or so at PJ Clarke's,
    located at 915 3rd Avenue, at the corner of 55th Street:

       http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7158471/

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