I just saw this on the DCLUG list, and thought some of you might be interested.
~John ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 3, 2007 9:47 PM Subject: [Dclug] Brian Kernighan Lecture, GWU Campus, April 30 To: DC Lug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hail and well met. I'm a regular attendee of the DC LUG meetings but tend to lurk on the list. At the last meeting I mentioned that I've become the acting chairman of the DC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery. The chapter has been defunct for several years and I thought "hmm, what can I do to kick things into gear?" Here's the first step: ----- The DC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, in collaboration with the student ACM chapter at George Washington University, proudly presents the first 2007 lecture: Speaker: Dr. Brian Kernighan Dr. Kernighan worked alongside UNIX creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed significantly to the UNIX school of thought. He is also co-author of the AWK and AMPL programming languages as well as co-author of the book "The C Programming Language". Topic: The UNIX Legacy Since its creation in an attic at Bell Labs more than 30 years ago, the Unix operating system has spread far beyond anything that its creators could possibly have imagined. It has led to the development of much innovative software, and has influenced myriad programmers, usually for the better, while affecting other operating systems lamentably little. In this talk, Dr. Kernighan will describe some of the early days and the golden age, and then in the light of more recent times discuss what the Unix legacy might turn out to be. When: Monday April 30, 2007. 7:00pm to 9:00pm Where: George Washington University Campus Funger Hall, lecture room 108 2201 G St. NW Washington, DC (2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro) This lecture is free and open to the public. ACM membership is not required to attend. Questions and comments can be directed to William Fielder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Regards, William "Winter" Fielder _______________________________________________ Dclug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dclug
