Reminder: TOMORROW: Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-04-21 Allison Randal[1] on Parrot[2], etc.
Parrot is a virtual machine like no other. Targeting dynamic languages such as Perl[3], Ruby[4], Python[5] and PHP[6], it incorporates an object-oriented assembly language, is register-based rather than stack-based, and employs continuations as the core means of flow control. It hosts a powerful suite of compiler tools tailored to dynamic languages and a next generation regular expression engine. This talk briefly explains the overall architecture of Parrot and teaches the skills needed to get started hacking in Parrot.
Allison Randal is chief architect and lead developer of the open source project Parrot, chairman of the Parrot Foundation[7], on the board of directors of The Perl Foundation[8], founder of the FLOSS Foundations[9] group for open source leaders, and founder and president of Onyx Neon Press[10]. She also works for O'Reilly Media[11], planning the program for their Open Source Convention (OSCON[12]).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
rsvp@balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 2009-04-21
Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Randal 2. http://www.parrot.org/ 3. http://www.perl.org/ 4. http://www.ruby-lang.org/ 5. http://www.python.org/ 6. http://php.net/ 7. http://www.parrot.org/foundation 8. http://www.perlfoundation.org/ 9. http://flossfoundations.org/ 10. http://www.onyxneon.com/ 11. http://oreilly.com/ 12. http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon
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