Upcoming Lisp Conference
Fred Gilham
There's a lisp conference coming up on Oct. 31 in San Francisco, CA,
USA. The deadline for registration is Sept. 31, but since September
doesn't have 31 days I think the organizer has agreed to extend the
deadline a week. :-) Actually he said walk-in registration will be
allowed as well but you may not be able to pay with a credit card.
The last time I got to go to a Lisp conference was in 1999 when I gave
a talk. I had a great time. (Not because I gave a talk, but because
the conference was really good.)
Among the advantages of going to a Lisp conference is that one can put
faces on the people you read here in CLL. That was one of the high
points of the last conference for me. (Did you know that Eric Naggum
without a microphone is almost inaudible?) Another reason for going
is to actually sit in the same room with Lisp personages of old such
as JonL White and Richard Gabriel and such. ("There were giants in
the earth in those days...").
This conference has an impressive speakers list, and there's a
tutorial day (not included in the 4 days of the conference) that's
free if you go to the full conference. So there are actually 5
conference days if you count the tutorial day.
I understand that Kent Pitman will be giving a tutorial. Duane Rettig
is also down as a tutorial speaker, talking about simple streams.
Hmn, Nick Levine will talk about Common SQL, and someone named Earnst
Van Waning will talk about advanced Lisp techniques (Pitman's tutorial
is on `remedial Lisp' so I suppose these go together....) The only
unfortunate note is that you can only go to 4 of the 8 tutorials.
There's a strong AI thread in several of the tutorials if you're
interested in that.
It looks like Richard Gabriel will be a keynote speaker for this
conference (I heard him speak at the 1999 conference), as well as
Peter Norvig (who also spoke at the 1999 conference). Daniel Bobrow
(of Interlisp fame, among other things) and Russ Altman will also be
keynote speakers.
I really enjoyed both Norvig's and Gabriel's talks last time.
Gabriel's talk was particularly entertaining --- he just got up to the
front, put up one slide with a whole bunch of words written on it, and
proceeded to talk about each word in a sort of free-association
manner, mixing philosophy, experience and just pure BS in what seemed,
at the time, to be exactly the right proportions.
The fact that the conference will have 4 days of talks plus one day of
tutorials speaks well for the degree of activity in the Lisp
community.
I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
The URL for the conference web page is
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org
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human relationships were shattered in the making of this TV series.''
Greg Menke
>
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
>
I just sent my registration in a couple days ago- but I'm looking
forward to it, particuarly because I'm paying my own way and thus no
silly travel authorization BS to deal with from my employer. What
Joy!
Gregm
Duane Rettig
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
I think I'll probably go...
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Paul F. Dietz
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
I wish I could. :(
Paul
ilias
your article confirms the intuitive picture i have about the 'Common
Lisp community'.
talking.
Daniel Barlow
> Fred Gilham <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> writes:
>> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
>
> I just sent my registration in a couple days ago- but I'm looking
I'm going, Though I'm pondering the idea of skipping the
entertainments on the last night and going to the DNA Lounge (jwz's
nightclub) instead. According to the event calendar it has a gothic
flavour that night, so a bunch of hackers for a dead(sic) language
should fit right in ...
-dan
(jwz, if anyone needed the context, is Jamie Zawinski, who was once a
Lucid hacker before working on Netscape/Mozilla and getting all famous
and stuff)
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Will Deakin
> (jwz, if anyone needed the context, is Jamie Zawinski, who was once a
> Lucid hacker before working on Netscape/Mozilla and getting all famous
> and stuff)
;)w
quasi
>> http://www.international-lisp-conference.org
>>
>
>your article confirms the intuitive picture i have about the 'Common
>Lisp community'.
>
>talking.
>
Please will you trim your posts, at least!! Think of us poor folks
who have only limited dialup access.
THANK YOU
quasi
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ilias
> Please will you trim your posts, at least!! Think of us poor folks
> who have only limited dialup access.
>
> THANK YOU
>
> quasi
of course.
apologize!
synthespian
> There's a lisp conference coming up on Oct. 31 in San Francisco, CA,
> USA. The deadline for registration is Sept. 31, but since September
> doesn't have 31 days I think the organizer has agreed to extend the
> deadline a week. :-) Actually he said walk-in registration will be
> allowed as well but you may not be able to pay with a credit card.
>
>
Has ayone who's already registered received snail-mail confirmation?
I haven't, and I'm getting kind of nervous about this, as U.S. customs
officers are probably very paranoid nowadays...
Regs
Henry
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Tim Bradshaw
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
I wish I could, but I'm on the other side of the world and we can't
justify the air fares alas.
What you said about the previous conference(s) is right: I really
enjoyed both the 1998 and 1999 ones (or was it 1999 and 2000?): it's
likely to be *well* worth going to.
--tim
Tony Martínez
[ Many good reasons which led me to register, from the back of beyond,
elided. ]
> The fact that the conference will have 4 days of talks plus one day
> of tutorials speaks well for the degree of activity in the Lisp
> community.
I don't know whether wanting to cross half the world at my own expense
also says anything about newbie enthusiasm in the Lisp community or
simply confirms the old adage about a fool and his money.
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
FWIW, I'm just a regular /lurker/ and I'll be there.
I have a question, which I tried to get through to the organiser
without success and which someone here may be able to answer. The
tutorials overlap, so you can't (alas!) go to all of 'em. Does anyone
know if there's a way to let the organisers know which tutorials you'd
be most interested in? Will there be a seat limit to the tutorials?
Thanks in advance for any comments,
--Tony
Eduardo Muñoz
> Fred Gilham <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> writes:
>
> [ Many good reasons which led me to register, from the back of beyond,
> elided. ]
>
> > The fact that the conference will have 4 days of talks plus one day
> > of tutorials speaks well for the degree of activity in the Lisp
> > community.
>
> I don't know whether wanting to cross half the world at my own expense
> also says anything about newbie enthusiasm in the Lisp community or
> simply confirms the old adage about a fool and his money.
Maybe so, but envy is eating me alive :)
I would like to ask you (or any other) a
favor. Would you so kind to take some pictures and
publish or mail them so we (the ones that can't
go) can put faces to the regulars and somehow feel
the ambient of the conference?.
It would be much appreciated.
P.S. We can move this to mail if you wish.
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Eduardo Muńoz
Bulent Murtezaoglu
[...]
EM> I would like to ask you (or any other) a favor. Would you so
EM> kind to take some pictures and publish or mail them so we (the
EM> ones that can't go) can put faces to the regulars and somehow
EM> feel the ambient of the conference?.
Actually, if it were possible to tape things and release a CD of the
mpeg's (DiVX?) that would be great. As would making it downloadable
for a fee. I don't know how expensive that would be though.
I am not going either.
BM
Marc Battyani
"Fred Gilham" <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> wrote in
[...]
> The last time I got to go to a Lisp conference was in 1999 when I gave
> a talk. I had a great time. (Not because I gave a talk, but because
> the conference was really good.)
I'm going to the ILC2002 and I'm rather enthusiastic about it!
See you there...
Marc
Marc Spitzer
ilias
i'd like to come, to read the faces.
but i'm afraid...
sorry, i know all of you want me to come.
to present "The Scary Readtable".
Back to the roots.
With a new title, of course:
'The Arrogance, Stubbornness and Stupidity of The Lisp Community'
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I'd like to shout a little at the big experts.
for not being aggressive enouth.
for talking instead of using their strength.
And their influence.
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and for leaving their baby alone.
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bleeding.
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Paolo Amoroso
wrote:
> There's a lisp conference coming up on Oct. 31 in San Francisco, CA,
> USA. The deadline for registration is Sept. 31, but since September
[...]
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
I won't have the opportunity of being there. But I would appreciate it very
much if you, or anybody else who attends it, could later post here some
information or personal impressions on the event. Anything from just
"deeply bound!" to a more elaborate account would be useful.
Paolo
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Joe Marshall
>
> I'm curious how many CLL regulars are planning on going?
>
Wrong coast.
Thomas F. Burdick
Nah, man, everyone knows it's all about the Best Coast.
I'll be there one day (haven't decided which one, yet).
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Will Deakin
> Nah, man, everyone knows it's all about the Best Coast.
Riviera. I'll have to see if there is a lisp conference coming up soon...
;)will
Timothy Moore
quasi
>
>Maybe so, but envy is eating me alive :)
>
>I would like to ask you (or any other) a >favor. Would you so kind to take some pictures and
>publish or mail them so we (the ones that can't >go) can put faces to the regulars and somehow feel
>the ambient of the conference?.
>
>It would be much appreciated.
extremely so. If at all this materialises, please please cc a copy of
the minutes, photos to me too. I would be mucho obliged.
thanks,
quasi
p.s
I am more interested in the photos of our dears c.l.l regulars. I
would like to print them and put them on the wall... so, sometimes if
I get pissed, I can dart 'em !! just kidding ;-)
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Will Deakin
> You may laugh but a small printing company based in Scarborough
> ("Queen of the Yorkshire Coast") did have a few Lisp programmers
> working on a page layout application.
;)w
Tim Bradshaw
> You may laugh but a small printing company based in Scarborough
> ("Queen of the Yorkshire Coast") did have a few Lisp programmers
> working on a page layout application.
Quite a big printing company, I think.
Christian Lynbech
Timothy> Me too!
Me too too.
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Kenny Tilton
weekend. you could stay longer, but there is a great roster of
presentations (why I am going) so you would be on your own. i was going
to pass, but when i saw the speaker list it was a frickin lisp hall of
fame, cant miss this. everybody but ilias. starts sunday but its just a
bunch of tutorials and i already know everything, so we can do alcatraz. k
ilias
> dear w, frisco is on, just registered. glad you can make the opening
> weekend. you could stay longer, but there is a great roster of
> presentations (why I am going) so you would be on your own. i was going
> to pass, but when i saw the speaker list it was a frickin lisp hall of
> fame, cant miss this.
'The Hall of Fame'.
The Disasters Root.
> everybody but ilias. starts sunday but its just a
> bunch of tutorials and i already know everything, so we can do alcatraz.
Know The Irrelevance.
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please avoid the 'free' change of the topic (here: Alcatraz).
some people have problems with this due to how their readers work.
thanks.
Jason S. Cornez
-Jason