BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100201T060925Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T220000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100201T060925Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100518T194955Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458266 DESCRIPTION:It's that time again! It seems to sneak up on me and if I'm n ot careful\, I'll forget to send these notices out entirely. But fate in tervened and I was reminded about it just now\, so... without further ad o... I'm happy to say we have what looks to be a very interesting talk t his month being given by Stephen Judkins. Here's the description in his own words:\n\n----\n\nGOTO Considered Awesome: Delimited Continuations i n Scala\n\nScala 2.8 adds support for delimited continuations\, a powerf ul control-flow abstraction. First\, I'll show how the the impressive p ower offered by continuations can be used for good or evil. I will demo nstrate how they can be used to implement GOTO in Scala\, then I'll show how a simple\, synchronous Scala program can be transformed into a dist ributed\, asynchronous web application that could support millions of co ncurrent users.\n\nI'll explain what a continuation actually is\, and ho w Scala's are "\;delimited"\;. I'll step though the code transf ormations the Scala compiler performs in order to support continuations. I'll show the limitations of Scala's continuation support and how it c ould be improved. Finally\, I'll explain how continuations are a fundam ental abstraction upon which many other things can be built.\n\n----\n\n If you have other topics you'd like to discuss or just want to come hear how others are using Scala\, please come join us. There is always plent y of opportunity for open discussions and mini-presentations. \n\nTags: functionalprogramming\, pdxscala\, scala\n\nImported from: http://calaga tor.org/events/1250458266 URL:http://groups.google.com/group/pdxscala SUMMARY:PDXScala Meeting LOCATION:Jive Software: 915 SW Stark St.\, Suite 400\, Portland Oregon 97 205 United States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR