+1 Doru
On 12 Mar 2011, at 09:07, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > Thanks mariano. > It was cool and I like the hands-on because we are not just taught but we > participate and learn. > > > On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:44 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: > >> Hi all. I am doing quite an effort to have the laptop opened and type some >> words....heehhehe after a whole vm hacking week I promise I cannot do more.. >> >> I wanted to thanks everybody for the unbelievable Deep Smalltalk School that >> we had. I really thanks everybody involved: organizers, INRIA, ESUG, EDM and >> other sponsors, you, etc. Even if some people don't notice, I know that some >> of you spend a lot of time and energy (instead of using such yout time for >> something else). I promise it was more than worth it. >> >> The school was a success. People come over the world: Canada, USA, >> Argentina, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, etc. We were around 45 >> persons. Even if I am a VM newbie, I like low level stuff. Sometimes when >> you go to ESUG, Smalltalks or any other conference, you can see one or two >> 30-minutes-talks about VM, compilers, etc. But do you image what is a whole >> week from 9:00 to 18:00 talking about VM, Compiler, Parser, Networking, >> optimizations, etc ??? It is really cool!!! >> >> If there is something like this again in the future, please, consider >> coming, you won't regret. The best thing is that since we have a lot of >> hours, we can have not only the theoretical lessons, but also the hands on. >> So, we were able to: compile CogVM from scratch, implement a Twitter like >> app, create some petit parsers, optimize some real code, create a minimal >> Hazelnut image, create a VM plugin, etc.... >> >> So, once again, thanks a lot to everybody involved. >> >> Cheers >> >> Mariano > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Presenting is storytelling."
