I tend to agree with what other people wrote here:
* Most of the talks we've been hearing lately are too python-specific to
be of much interest to non-pythoners, (and I imagine same goes for us
with the talks in perl-IL). People seem to be happy with this kind of
contents.
* Still - there are some things that would be of interest to all. If we
decide to have occasional joint meetings, we still have to decide if
these would be "in addition to" or "in place of" the monthly meeting
(only as long as there are not too many of them - we don't want to give
up our "regular" contents).
Suggestion for one possible topic, which I got recently (from haranp,
who said he's going to subscribe to this list - probably because there's
no elisp-IL group ;-) ), is a talk about Lua. Is there interest for such
talk among readers of this list?
* I'd like to know what were the responses in the perl group or
elsewhere. If there's interest and suitable topics, we might try to hold
joint meeting in September (otherwise - such topics could be given in
Telux).
Regards,
Amit
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I just talked with one of the organisers of the OSDC in Australia, and she
> said that they decided that they liked the conference so much that they
> decided to have an Open Source Developers Club (or OSDClub). What happens is
> that once every month or two months, one of the clubs (Perl, Python, PHP,
> etc.) hosts a meeting that is common to all clubs and is of interest to all
> of them.
>
> However, I've been thinking of perhaps of merging Perl-IL, Python-IL and the
> future PHP-IL, Ruby-IL, Lisp-IL, etc. into one club: OSDClub. There are
> several reasons for that:
>
> 1. Not too many people attend either Perl-IL or Python-IL.
>
> 2. By having one common club we can better argue for a better hosting.
>
> 3. There are corrolaries between corresponding technologies in different
> languages, more often than not.
>
> 4. Perl people could use knowing some stuff about Python. Python people could
> use to know about Perl. They both could use learning about Ruby. PHP people
> can learn about all of them, and everyone could use knowing LISP and
> JavaScript better.
>
> 5. By meeting only once per month we will miss less workdays, and can better
> plan our schedule.
>
> And I'll finish with a little Monty Python:
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<
> Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
> Reg: Fuck off!
> Brian: Excuse me?
> Reg: Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean
> People's
> Front. Cawk.
> Francis: Wankers.
> Brian: Can I... join your group?
> Reg: No, piss off.
> Brian: I don't want to sell this stuff, it's only a job. I hate the Romans as
> much as anybody.
> Judith: Are you sure?
> Brian: Oh, dead sure. I hate the Romans already.
> Reg: Listen. If you really wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really
> hate the Romans.
> Brian: I do!
> Reg: Oh, yeah? How much?
> Brian: A lot!
> Reg: Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans
> are the fucking Judean People's Front.
> Stan: Yeah, the Judean People's Front.
> Reg: Yeah. Splitters.
> Stan: And the Popular Front of Judea.
> Reg: Yeah. Splitters.
> Stan: And the People's Front of Judea.
> Reg: Yea... what?
> Stan: The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.
> Reg: We're the People's Front of Judea!
> Stan: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
> Reg: People's Front!
> Francis: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
> Reg: He's over there. [points to a lone man]
> Reg, Stan, Francis, Judith: SPLITTER!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
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>
> Chuck Norris wrote a complete Perl 6 implementation in a day but then
> destroyed all evidence with his bare hands, so no one will know his secrets.
>
