Hello to all.
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Giant
Date: 2/5/2008 5:42 pm
Date: 2/5/2008 5:42 pm
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Hey everyone.
I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi. I'm currently a web application developer working for Vangent, INC. in arlington VA. I telecommute from WI. Recently I've decided to go back to school since being a veteran, the state pays for it.
Perl is my first love of computer languages. I dabbled a bit before perl, but it wasn't until I picked up "Learning Perl" that I fell in love. My only problem now is finding things to use perl on. I don't use it at work, and don't always have something at home to use it on.
Well that's a bit about me. I really look forward to meeting you guys at the next meeting in March.
-Robert-
Re: Hello to all.
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afbach
Date: 2/5/2008 9:36 pm
Date: 2/5/2008 9:36 pm
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Hey Robert,
Nice to meet you. What do you do your web development on (if not Perl ;-)?
There was an idea floated (okay, by me) to have a social meeting in Feb (middle to late) at AltnBach's, potentially the new home of our meetings. They've got a screen and net access in a back room for free and we can eat and drink before, during and after the meetings. Better beer and burgers than Nicks (okay, I am related). JT is out of town for the first part of Feb but if we can get 3+ who are interested (we could play that ... rock paper scissor ... no, mineral, wheat and knights game or something) for the same day, what the heck. I'll buy the first pitcher.
So 2/21? 2/19? Sadie Hawkins day?
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Nice to meet you. What do you do your web development on (if not Perl ;-)?
There was an idea floated (okay, by me) to have a social meeting in Feb (middle to late) at AltnBach's, potentially the new home of our meetings. They've got a screen and net access in a back room for free and we can eat and drink before, during and after the meetings. Better beer and burgers than Nicks (okay, I am related). JT is out of town for the first part of Feb but if we can get 3+ who are interested (we could play that ... rock paper scissor ... no, mineral, wheat and knights game or something) for the same day, what the heck. I'll buy the first pitcher.
So 2/21? 2/19? Sadie Hawkins day?
a
Re: Hello to all.
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theraccoonbear
Date: 2/6/2008 9:36 am
Date: 2/6/2008 9:36 am
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Hello and welcome to Robert,
and Andy, if we're to do an informal February event, I would be up for 2/21, unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
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Don Smith
don.c.smith@gmail.com
www.theraccoonbear.com
www.MadHC.com
and Andy, if we're to do an informal February event, I would be up for 2/21, unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
On Feb 5, 2008 9:36 PM, <afbach@gmail.com> wrote:
afbach wrote:
Hey Robert,
Nice to meet you. What do you do your web development on (if not Perl ;-)?
There was an idea floated (okay, by me) to have a social meeting in Feb (middle to late) at AltnBach's, potentially the new home of our meetings. They've got a screen and net access in a back room for free and we can eat and drink before, during and after the meetings. Better beer and burgers than Nicks (okay, I am related). JT is out of town for the first part of Feb but if we can get 3+ who are interested (we could play that ... rock paper scissor ... no, mineral, wheat and knights game or something) for the same day, what the heck. I'll buy the first pitcher.
So 2/21? 2/19? Sadie Hawkins day?
a
Madison Area Perl Mongers - MadMongers
http://www.madmongers.org
--
Don Smith
don.c.smith@gmail.com
www.theraccoonbear.com
www.MadHC.com
Re: Hello to all.
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afbach
Date: 2/6/2008 12:31 pm
Date: 2/6/2008 12:31 pm
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> Andy, if we're to do an
informal February event, I would be up for 2/21,
> unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
Okay, we're up to two - one more and we have a social meeting quorum! Don, speaking of 's-expressions', I found an O'Reilly beta book of:
http://book.realworldhaskell.org/
which is pretty nice. The public beta thing is slick - you read it on-line and there's a place for comments after every paragraph. Haskell's not lisp but ... and, as I know I'm in O'Reilly review debt on my Erlang book (sorry JT - I have read it ...) here's a couple other Functional Programming books links:
The Little Schemer:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=4825
books.google.com has a lengthy (<ahem>) excerpt.
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2007/04/erlang-and-haskell-books-first.html
OCaml books :
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/ocaml-ora-book.pdf
Haskell books :
http://darcs.haskell.org/yaht/yaht.pdf
http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/
> unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
Okay, we're up to two - one more and we have a social meeting quorum! Don, speaking of 's-expressions', I found an O'Reilly beta book of:
http://book.realworldhaskell.org/
which is pretty nice. The public beta thing is slick - you read it on-line and there's a place for comments after every paragraph. Haskell's not lisp but ... and, as I know I'm in O'Reilly review debt on my Erlang book (sorry JT - I have read it ...) here's a couple other Functional Programming books links:
The Little Schemer:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=4825
books.google.com has a lengthy (<ahem>) excerpt.
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2007/04/erlang-and-haskell-books-first.html
OCaml books :
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/ocaml-ora-book.pdf
Haskell books :
http://darcs.haskell.org/yaht/yaht.pdf
http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/
Re: Hello to all.
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Giant
Date: 2/6/2008 12:43 pm
Date: 2/6/2008 12:43 pm
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I'm up for anything. let me know and I'll be there. Accept wed nights, I have my CCNA bootcamp that night.
On Feb 6, 2008 12:31 PM, <afbach@gmail.com> wrote:
afbach wrote:
> Andy, if we're to do an informal February event, I would be up for 2/21,Okay, we're up to two - one more and we have a social meeting quorum! Don, speaking of 's-expressions', I found an O'Reilly beta book of:
> unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
http://book.realworldhaskell.org/
which is pretty nice. The public beta thing is slick - you read it on-line and there's a place for comments after every paragraph. Haskell's not lisp but ... and, as I know I'm in O'Reilly review debt on my Erlang book (sorry JT - I have read it ...) here's a couple other Functional Programming books links:
The Little Schemer:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=4825
books.google.com has a lengthy (<ahem>) excerpt.
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2007/04/erlang-and-haskell-books-first.html
OCaml books :
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/ocaml-ora-book.pdf
Haskell books :
http://darcs.haskell.org/yaht/yaht.pdf
http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/
Madison Area Perl Mongers - MadMongers
http://www.madmongers.org
Re: Hello to all.
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theraccoonbear
Date: 2/6/2008 1:21 pm
Date: 2/6/2008 1:21 pm
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Thanks Andy, I just purchased a copy of Practical Common Lisp by Peter Siebel (learning Common Lisp is my winter project) and it's been really excellent so far. It follows a pattern of a few chapters of theory and then a nice hands-on practical chapter.
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
free to read online as well.
--
Don Smith
don.c.smith@gmail.com
www.theraccoonbear.com
www.MadHC.com
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
free to read online as well.
On Feb 6, 2008 12:31 PM, <afbach@gmail.com> wrote:
afbach wrote:
> Andy, if we're to do an informal February event, I would be up for 2/21,Okay, we're up to two - one more and we have a social meeting quorum! Don, speaking of 's-expressions', I found an O'Reilly beta book of:
> unfortunately 2/19 is one of my on-call nights for work.
http://book.realworldhaskell.org/
which is pretty nice. The public beta thing is slick - you read it on-line and there's a place for comments after every paragraph. Haskell's not lisp but ... and, as I know I'm in O'Reilly review debt on my Erlang book (sorry JT - I have read it ...) here's a couple other Functional Programming books links:
The Little Schemer:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=4825
books.google.com has a lengthy (<ahem>) excerpt.
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2007/04/erlang-and-haskell-books-first.html
OCaml books :
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/ocaml-ora-book.pdf
Haskell books :
http://darcs.haskell.org/yaht/yaht.pdf
http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/
Madison Area Perl Mongers - MadMongers
http://www.madmongers.org
--
Don Smith
don.c.smith@gmail.com
www.theraccoonbear.com
www.MadHC.com
Re: Hello to all.
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jt
Date: 2/6/2008 9:13 am
Date: 2/6/2008 9:13 am
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Welcome. It's good to see a new face around here, and at the meetings.
I'm sorry to hear that you don't get to use Perl at work. Perhaps you
should sneak it in in a few places. =) See you at the meeting in March.
JT Smith
ph: 703-286-2525 x810
fx: 312-264-5382
Create like a god. Command like a king. Work like a slave.
I'm sorry to hear that you don't get to use Perl at work. Perhaps you
should sneak it in in a few places. =) See you at the meeting in March.
JT Smith
ph: 703-286-2525 x810
fx: 312-264-5382
Create like a god. Command like a king. Work like a slave.