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MSLUG Meeting Thursday, February 26th at 7pm -- The Design of VLAM
by Guillaume Germain 16 Fév '09

16 Fév '09

Hi everybody, This is an announce for the next meeting of the Montreal Scheme/Lisp User Group. What: Montreal Scheme/Lisp User Group Meeting -- The Design of VLAM Compyle : a tower of languages from Python to C++ using Scheme When: *Thursday* February 26th 7pm Where: Room 3195, André-Aisenstadt Building, Université de Montréal, 2920 chemin de la Tour (you can find a plan of the UdeM campus here: http://www.stcum.qc.ca/metro/images/c56.pdf) Marc-Antoine Desroches will give a presentation about the design choices made while building VLAM Compyle, a just-in-time compiler for Python. Benefits and challenges associated with a language-based design will be discussed. ``VLAM Compyle makes it possible to combine the expressive power of dynamic programming languages with the high performance of the best C++ compilers by transforming python code into optimized dynamically linked libraries.'' http://www.vlam.ca/compyle As usual, we'll go to the pub after the presentation. See you there! Guillaume

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FW: [gambit-list] CfP: Scheme Workshop 2009
by schemeway＠sympatico.ca 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

--Dominique >From: John Clements <clements(a)brinckerhoff.org> >To: gambit-list(a)iro.umontreal.ca >Subject: [gambit-list] CfP: Scheme Workshop 2009 >Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:08:23 -0800 > > >*********************************************** > >SCHEME AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP 2009 > > Cambridge, Massachusetts > August 22, 2009 > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > http://www.schemeworkshop.org/2009/ > >*********************************************** > >The Scheme and Functional Programming Workshop >showcases research and experience related to Scheme, >and more broadly to all aspects of functional >programming. > >Areas of interest include: > >* Language Design, Type Systems, Theory >* Program Development Environments, Education >* Agile Methodologies, Lightweight Software Engineering >* Applications, Implementation, and Experience >* SRFIs! > >In addition to technical papers on matters of >programming-language research, we encourage submissions >that present experience or innovation with a particular >project. The key criterion for any paper--technical or >not--is that it makes a contribution from which other >practitioners can benefit. > >** Dates: ** > >Dates are firm, and will not be extended. Please plan >accordingly. > >Submission Deadline: June 5, 2009 (FIRM) >Author Notification: June 26, 2009 >Final Papers Due: July 24, 2009 >Workshop: August 22, 2009 > >** Program Committee: ** > >John Clements, Cal Poly State University (organizer & chair) >Dominique Boucher, Nu Echo >Abdulaziz Ghuloum, Indiana University >David Herman, Northeastern University >Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University >Matthew Might, University of Utah >David Van Horn, Northeastern University > >** Publication Policy: ** > >Submitted papers must have content that has not >previously been published in other conferences or >refereed venues, and simultaneous submission to other >conferences or refereed venues is unacceptable. > >Publication of a paper at this workshop is not intended >to replace conference or journal publication, and does >not preclude re-publication of a more complete or >finished version of the paper at some later conference >or in a journal. > >** Submission Instructions: ** > >Your submissions should be no longer than 12 pages, >including bibliography and appendices. Papers may be >shorter than this limit, and the Program Committee >encourages authors to submit shorter papers where >appropriate. > >The conference web page (URL above) contains detailed >formatting instructions and LaTeX support files. > >Submit your papers using the Continue 2.0 submission >server, at the URL: > >http://continue2.cs.brown.edu/scheme2009/ > > >We look forward to reading your papers! > > >_______________________________________________ >Gambit-list mailing list >Gambit-list(a)iro.umontreal.ca >https://webmail.iro.umontreal.ca/mailman/listinfo/gambit-list

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Fwd: [r6rs-discuss] [Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Final reminder: Scheme Steering Committee registration ends early Monday morning
by Marc Feeley 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

If you care about the future of Scheme, please don't forget to register to vote for the election of the Scheme steering committee which will oversee the next standardization process. I'm a nominee and you can read my statement (and those of the other nominees) at http://www.r6rs.org/steering-committee/election/nominees.html . You have to register before this **monday** so don't delay! Marc Begin forwarded message: > From: Mitchell Wand <wand(a)ccs.neu.edu> > Date: January 29, 2009 4:53:36 PM EST (CA) > To: Scheme List <scheme-announcements(a)lists.ccs.neu.edu> > Subject: [r6rs-discuss] [Scheme Steering Committee announcements] > Final reminder: Scheme Steering Committee registration ends early > Monday morning > > One last reminder: > > The registration period for voting in the election for the Scheme > Language Steering Committee ends on > > Monday, February 2, 2009, at 12:00pm GMT. > > That's 700am EST for those of you in the US (and 400am PST for > Californians). > > So unless you are an early riser, skip some of the Super Bowl (it's > almost always a blowout anyhow), and go to > http://www.r6rs.org/steering-committee/election/announcement.html > and register to vote. > > And if you aren't watching the Super Bowl, you have no excuse !-) > > This is also the deadline for nominations for the Steering > Committee. The current list of nominees can be found at http://www.r6rs.org/steering-committee/election/nominees.html > . > > Let's make sure that the electorate is a good sample of the Scheme > community. > > --Mitch Wand > > _______________________________________________ > Scheme-announcements mailing list > Scheme-announcements(a)lists.ccs.neu.edu > https://lists.ccs.neu.edu/bin/listinfo/scheme-announcements > _______________________________________________ > r6rs-discuss mailing list > r6rs-discuss(a)lists.r6rs.org > http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss

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Rencontre de Lispiens a Montreal entre le 27 et le 3?
by Faré 27 Déc '08

27 Déc '08

Chers Lispiens de Montréal, je vais faire une descente à Montréal de ce samedi 27 décembre 2008 au samedi 3 janvier 2009, et je me demandais si d'aucuns parmi vous seriez intéressés par une rencontre entre Lispiens. Je pourrais faire une présentation sur l'évolutionnisme appliqué aux systèmes informatiques, ou nous pourrions aller directement à la case "dîner et boisson". Qui serait intéressé et/ou pourrait m'aider à organiser quelque chose? Noyeux Joël! The same for those who can't read Molière: I'll be in Montreal from this Saturday December 27th 2008 to Saturday January 3rd 2009, and I was wondering if some amongst you would be interested in a meeting between Lispers. I could do a talk about Evolutionism as applied to Computing Systems, or we could skip directly to a dinner and drinks. Who'd be interested in joining me and/or in organizing something? Merry Gravmas! [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] The revolution will be won, not, as the authoritarians would claim, when the last political boss is hanged with the bowels of the last state propagandist, but, as the libertarians know, when the ever-repeated attempts to lure people into subservience are systematically greeted with laughter and drowned in ridicule by free men who are well-armed both physically and intellectually.

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Junior student looking for an internship
by karim hamidou 11 Déc '08

11 Déc '08

Hi, my name is Karim Hamidou and I'm a junior student at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France). I've got to do a summer internship abroad, and, as I'm passionate about Scheme, I was thinking that it would be interesting to do it in a company that uses scheme everyday. I've got a good knowledge of scheme, and I also know well C programming and unix system programming. Contact me so that I can send you my resume. Regards, Karim Hamidou

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RAPPEL: Soutenance de doctorat de Etienne Bergeron a 14h00
by Marc Feeley 10 Déc '08

10 Déc '08

Je vous rappelle la soutenance de la thèse de doctorat d'Etienne Bergeron à 14h00 aujourd'hui. Sujet : Compilation efficace pour FPGA reconfigurable dynamiquement Le candidat vise à démontrer la faisabilité, pour un circuit configurable de type FPGA, de se reconfigurer lui-même dynamiquement à la manière des compilateurs JIT pour augmenter son efficacité à exécuter un algorithme. Parmi les résultats de recherche, le candidat montrera comment il est parvenu à retrouver le format des fichiers de configuration d'un FPGA et comment il est capable de programmer un circuit en quelques millisecondes alors que les outils commerciaux demandent en général des minutes, voire des heures. Bienvenue à tous ! Président-Rapporteur Poulin, Pierre Directeur de Recherche David, Jean Pierre Codirecteur Feeley, Marc Membre du Jury Monnier, Stefan Examinateur Externe Thibeault, Claude, Département de génie électrique, École de Technologie Supérieure Représentante du Doyen : Bourlioux, Anne, Faculté des arts et des sciences, Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique Date MERCREDI 10 décembre, 2008 Heure 14:00 Endroit Local 3195 Pavillon André Aisenstadt 2920 Chemin de la Tour

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Doctorat de Etienne Bergeron : compilation efficace pour FPGA reconfigurable dynamiquement
by JP David 09 Déc '08

09 Déc '08

Bonjour, Etienne Bergeron soutiendra sa thèse de doctorat ce mercredi à 14H00. Sujet : Compilation efficace pour FPGA reconfigurable dynamiquement Le candidat vise à démontrer la faisabilité, pour un circuit configurable de type FPGA, de se reconfigurer lui-même dynamiquement à la manière des compilateurs JIT pour augmenter son efficacité à exécuter un algorithme. Parmi les résultats de recherche, le candidat montrera comment il est parvenu à retrouver le format des fichiers de configuration d'un FPGA et comment il est capable de programmer un circuit en quelques millisecondes alors que les outils commerciaux demandent en général des minutes, voire des heures. Bienvenue à tous ! Président-Rapporteur Poulin, Pierre Directeur de Recherche David, Jean Pierre Codirecteur Feeley, Marc Membre du Jury Monnier, Stefan Examinateur Externe Thibeault, Claude, Département de génie électrique, École de Technologie Supérieure Représentante du Doyen : Bourlioux, Anne, Faculté des arts et des sciences, Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique Date MERCREDI 10 décembre, 2008 Heure 14:00 Endroit Local 3195 Pavillon André Aisenstadt 2920 Chemin de la Tour -- -------------------------------------------------- Ph.D. Jean Pierre David Département de Génie Électrique École Polytechnique de Montréal http://www.grm.polymtl.ca/~david Tél. (1)514-340-4711 p2009

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Doctorat de Etienne Bergeron : compilation efficace pour FPGA reconfigurable dynamiquement
by JP David 09 Déc '08

09 Déc '08

Bonjour, Etienne Bergeron soutiendra sa thèse de doctorat ce mercredi à 14H00. Sujet : Compilation efficace pour FPGA reconfigurable dynamiquement Le candidat vise à démontrer la faisabilité, pour un circuit configurable de type FPGA, de se reconfigurer lui-même dynamiquement à la manière des compilateurs JIT pour augmenter son efficacité à exécuter un algorithme. Parmi les résultats de recherche, le candidat montrera comment il est parvenu à retrouver le format des fichiers de configuration d'un FPGA et comment il est capable de programmer un circuit en quelques millisecondes alors que les outils commerciaux demandent en général des minutes, voire des heures. Bienvenue à tous ! Président-Rapporteur Poulin, Pierre Directeur de Recherche David, Jean Pierre Codirecteur Feeley, Marc Membre du Jury Monnier, Stefan Examinateur Externe Thibeault, Claude, Département de génie électrique, École de Technologie Supérieure Représentante du Doyen : Bourlioux, Anne, Faculté des arts et des sciences, Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique Date MERCREDI 10 décembre, 2008 Heure 14:00 Endroit Local 3195 Pavillon André Aisenstadt 2920 Chemin de la Tour -- -------------------------------------------------- Ph.D. Jean Pierre David Département de Génie Électrique École Polytechnique de Montréal http://www.grm.polymtl.ca/~david Tél. (1)514-340-4711 p2009

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JazzScheme debugging problems
by Guillaume Cartier 07 Déc '08

07 Déc '08

Hi everyone, I am very happy to report that the debugging problems that almost everyone had at the JazzScheme MSLUG presentation where the Jedi IDE could not find source location of debugged code is now solved. The problem was due to Gambit storing the absolute path of the source file in the compiled .o1 debugging info so that when a binary release was made and was later installed somewhere else, then the paths where wrong. To help solve the problem, Marc Feeley added a new very flexible mecanism to Gambit in the form of 2 hooks : - (##path->container-hook path) that should transform path into a container (is any Scheme object) and by default is the expanded path - (##container->path-hook container) that should retransform the container into the source path JazzScheme now uses those 2 hooks to store the module name instead of the absolute path in .o1 debugging info. As modules are located dynamically at runtime by searching installed packages, it means that source code can now be moved freely around without breaking debugging info and having to recompile. A nice application of this is that it is now possible to develop a project for a client. Install the fully built project at the client site. And later should a critical problem occur at the client site, come with the sources on some medium 'et voila' the client installation now automatically has access to the full source code and can be debugged in the Jedi IDE. Cheers, Guillaume Cartier

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JazzScheme presentation
by Guillaume Cartier 01 Déc '08

01 Déc '08

Hi everyone of the MSLUG. First of all, thanks to everyone who came to the JazzScheme presentation. I would like share some reflections on the presentation. As many will agree, it was a difficult presentation. The presentation definitely lacked focus so that in the end it didn't do a very good job of presenting JazzScheme. My apologies for that. On the bright side, it certainly attained one of its goals, that of showing what still needed work before a JazzScheme release could be opened to a larger public. On top of that, I forgot the most important thing of the presentation which is to ask *everyone* to send me a detailed description of how the installation of JazzScheme and the launching of the IDE went. Please include the platform and any other relevant information. Also, please take a few minutes to share first impressions, bugs, comments, suggestions, ... it will help alot in getting JazzScheme ready for a public release. For bugs, comments, suggestions, ... that you find in the future, we are going to implement a Bugzilla for JazzScheme in the next few days. I'll send a message to the list when it is done. Here's a list of what will be worked on in the next weeks or so based on the MSLUG presentation feedback : - Finish automating release building (GC) - Fix all problems related to binaries (GC) - Basic support for native ./configure and make (just an error message) (JLR) - Fix clipboard copy crashing on Mac if clipboard contains other than text (JLR) - Project management revamp with one click process / application creation (GC) - Create tutorials about application creation (GC) - Command line parameter to specify preferences paths (jazz jedi ...) (!?) (GC) - Source annotations for evaluation from text (GC) - Document the templating of user / profile (GC) - Fix Gambit bug on Kubuntu (MF) - Need solution to Gambit paths being hardcoded in .o1 (MF) (GC) - Bugzilla (JLR) - Would be nice if a plain clone ended up creating a 'jazz' folder (JLR) GC : Guillaume Cartier (gcartier(a)jazzscheme.org) SLC : Stephane Le Cornec (coleste(a)videotron.ca) JLR : Jeremie Lasalle Ratelle (pouexmachinax(a)gmail.com) MF : Marc Feeley (feeley(a)iro.umontreal.ca) PS: When those items are completed, I will add new tutorials to the website about application creation and how the Jazz UI API works. It should hopefully fill in the blanks where the presentation was lacking. I'll send a message to the list when they are ready. Many thanks, Guillaume Cartier

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