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Parrot Virtual Machine Workshop 2009

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v39: 06/07/09 09:00 PM - James E Keenan (‎kid51‎)
v40: 06/09/09 08:09 PM - jerry gay (‎particle‎)

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+++ Parrot Virtual Machine Workshop 2009 v40
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-The Parrot VM workshop will be held on the weekend before [http://yapc10.org/yn2009/|YAPC::NA], June 20-21, 2009, at the [http://www.umgp.com/|Urban Mountain Gathering Place]. The workshop is dedicated to all things Parrot, and will include sessions on getting started with the Parrot Compiler Toolkit and NQP to implement new languages or contribute to existing ones, an introduction to PIR (one of Parrot's native languages), developing for mod_parrot, and a detailed look at some of the languages that run on Parrot, including Rakudo (Perl 6), Cardinal (Ruby), Pynie (Python), Tcl, and LOLCODE.
+The Parrot VM workshop will be held on the weekend before [http://yapc10.org/yn2009/|YAPC::NA], June 20-21, 2009, on campus at Carnegie Mellon University. The workshop is dedicated to all things Parrot, and will include sessions on getting started with the Parrot Compiler Toolkit and NQP to implement new languages or contribute to existing ones, an introduction to PIR (one of Parrot's native languages), and a detailed look at some of the languages that run on Parrot, including Rakudo (Perl 6), Cardinal (Ruby), Pynie (Python), Tcl, and LOLCODE.
 
 This is a pre-YAPC::NA event but it is not required that you attend YAPC|10 to attend.
 
-We will have food brought in from [http://www.bistro-togo.com/|Bistro to Go]. (This is who catered PPW 08).
+Food will not be provided, however there are many places to find cheap eats nearby, and 90 minute lunch breaks will provide more than enough time.
 
-
 More information about Parrot can be found at [http://parrot.org].
 
 There will be Internet access and you are encouraged to bring your computer and become a Parrot hacker.  There won't be a better time to jump in.
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 [http://groups.google.com/group/parrot-virtual-machine-workshop-2009|Parrot Virtual Machine Workshop mailing list at Google Groups]
 Discuss workshop content, format and schedule on this list.
 
+
+== Schedule ==
+
+Saturday:
+
+|| time || type || description || duration ||
+|| 0800 || event || venue opens, coffee available || 60 min ||
+|| 0900 || talk || intro to parrot || 60 min ||
+|| 1000 || talk || intro to pir || 60 min ||
+|| 1100 || lab || compiling parrot, using pir || 60 min ||
+|| 1200 || event || lunch || 60 min ||
+|| 1300 || talk || using pct || 45 min ||
+|| 1345 || lab || using pct || 75 min ||
+|| 1500 || talk || intro to rakudo || 45 min ||
+|| 1545 || lab || using pir, pct, rakudo || 105 min ||
+|| 1730 || talk || daily roundup || 30 min ||
+
+Sunday:
+
+|| time || type || description || duration ||
+|| 0800 || event || venue opens, coffee available || 60 min ||
+|| 0900 || talk || intro to unconference, propose topics, create
+schedule || 60 min ||
+|| 1630 || talk || attendee accomplishment lightning talks || 60 min ||
+|| 1730 || talk || daily roundup || 30 min ||
+
 Speakers include:
 
     * Allison Randal
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 *  [user:2253]
 *  [user:jdv79]
 *  [user:nikolao]
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-[http://tinyurl.com/ra4t4m|Directions from Carnegie-Mellon University to Urban Mountain Gathering Place]