In case you want some background on palmaker.pl before the meeting, it's a solution to the following problem (I'll supply the dictionary after the meeting):
------------------------------------------------------------- Palindromic Pangram A palindrome is a sequence of words like "lid off a daffodil" or "shallot ayatollahs" that uses the same letters reading backwards as forwards. The words need not form a meaningful or grammatical sentence. Write a program to find a palindrome that includes all 26 letters of the alphabet. Use this dictionary WORD.LST (1.66MB). Bonus: find the shortest possible such palindrome in terms of the total number of words or letters used. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald J Kimball wrote: >Boston.pm is having a combined tech/social meeting on Tuesday, March 14. >We'll start at the usual location, at MIT, in building E51, room 376, at >7pm. Then we'll adjourn to Cambridge Brewing Company, for drinks and food, >around 8pm. > > >Duane Bronson will be sharing with us some scripts he has written: > >md5clipboard.pl > allows a right-click drop down from Explorer to calculate the MD5 of a > file and place result in clipboard > >ph.pl > Perl/TK offline access to Yahoo! address books > >palmaker.pl > attempt to solve a complex palidrome puzzle put forth by ITA software > > >We'll then head over to Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square. >http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/ > > >RSVP to me if you're planning to attend - rjk-bostonpm(at)tamias.net. >If you plan to join us later at CBC, please let me know. > > >Thanks to Drew, Bill, and Uri, who also volunteered to give presentations! >I hope to have them speak at future meetings. > > >Ronald > > > >For more information about Boston Perl Mongers, or to subscribe to one of >our mailing lists, visit our website at http://boston.pm.org/ > > >Directions to MIT, Building E51: > >Building E51 (the Tang Center) is located at the corners of Amherst and >Wadsworth Streets in Cambridge. > >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e51 > >Directions by T: > >Take the Red Line to Kendall. Building E51 is right around the corner from >the T stop. From the Inbound side, facing into Main Street, turn right >(toward Boston) and walk down the block. Turn right on Wadsworth Street >and walk to the corner of Amherst Street. Building E51 is the building >across the street directly in front of you with the metal canopy. > >Directions by Car: > >General directions provided by MIT: > >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?section=directions > >The Boston Linux and Unix user group also meets at E51, so you may find >their directions helpful as well (keeping in mind that we will be meeting >in room 376, not room 315): > >http://www.blu.org/directions/mit/e51-315.php > >Parking Information: > >MIT's Amherst Street Lot is adjacent to the building: > >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P4&Parking=go > >Officially, a sticker is required to park in the lot. However, we've been >told unofficially that there is no enforcement after 3pm weekdays, nor on >the weekends. Chances are very slim that cars will be ticketed. >Nonetheless, parking in the lot is at your own risk. > > >_______________________________________________ >Boston-pm mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > > -- Sincerely *Duane Bronson* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nerdlogic.com/ 453 Washington St. #4A, Boston, MA 02111 617.515.2909 _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
