See IEEE Software
September/October: Dynamically Typed Languages
Category: Development
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New Seaside Paper
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New Squeak UI Enhancements Released
Gary Chambers released new UI Enhancements for Squeak. You can now access these changes from the Squeak Source Repository or through Package Universes. You can read more by following the following threads here and here. Also check out the new UI team. Our thanks to Gary and the UI Team!!
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Dynamic Language Symposium
Call For Papers!
Are you ready to OOPSLA!!
The Dynamic Language Symposium is looking for participants.
D L S 2 0 0 7
Dynamic Languages Symposium
October 22, 2007
Palais des congres de Montreal
Montreal, Canadaco-located with OOPSLA 2007
sponsored by ACM SIGPLANhttp://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls07/
The Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) is a forum for discussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and application. While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, Self, and Prolog continue to grow and inspire new converts, a new generation of dynamic scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript are successful in a wide range of applications. DLS provides a place for researchers and practitioners to come together and share their knowledge, experience, and ideas for future research and development.
This year 30 papers were submitted to the Dynamic Languages Symposium of which 9 papers were accepted. The program committee reviewed each paper and met electronically to select papers for the final program.
We are pleased host invited talks by Mark Miller and Jim Hugunin.
The program of the Dynamic Languages Symposium is available from http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls07/
Please note that participation in DLS requires registration with OOPSLA at http://www.regmaster.com/conf/oopsla2007.html or http://www.oopsla.org/oopsla2007/
Contact:
Pascal Costanza (pascal.costanza @ vub.ac.be)Robert Hirschfeld (hirschfeld @ hpi.uni-potsdam.de)
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OLPC – The $100 Laptop – Goes into Production
Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Check out the BBC Article.
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Squeak Tale
A history of Squeak that is still being written, the following is a Squeak Tale by Göran Krampe.
Let me tell you a story…
I was around… when King Dan ruled the Land of the Mice, his court the “SqC” was strong and the stream was flowing smoothly. It was a glorious and joyous time and I were there to see sir PWS, sir Comanche and princess Swiki being born as children of Socket. The wizard Morphic was still young and agile at that time…
Things were well, but not everyone were happy in the Land of the Mice – the population grew quickly and only the fortunate ones to enter the castle Image could have their fields fully prosper and not wither and die in the harsh outbacks of the Internet. (more…)
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Supporting Seaside, OR Mapping vs. OODBMS
Cincom recently reiterated their support for Seaside. Not long ago Gemstone announced something similar. What will these two commercial companies lend to Seaside?
It is certainly true that Seaside will benefit from additional resources. Resources devoted to documentation, compatibility, and testing will help the community. Working on new solutions for persistence is a great idea, and having different options to solve your persistence requirements can only help developers. (more…)
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If you can’t take the HEAT!
You know what they say, “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the laptop for the worlds children business!” Pictured above is the OLPC computer running day and night (look closely and notice the Squeak E-Toys running) at scorching temperatures 52C (125F) during the day time and 22C (72F) at night. Just image running your computer laptop in an oven all day!
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Minding Your Business With Smalltalk (Part 3 of 4)
Previously we spoke with Michael Rueger and Steve Hunter. From Michael we found out about the perspective of writing and supporting open source software. From Steve we found out what it is like being a consumer of open source software. Today we talk with Bert Freudenberg. From Bert we hope to learn what it is like being a Smalltalk programmer contributing to open source.
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