hal@MURREN.AI.MIT.EDU (Hal Abelson) (10/08/88)
HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY FOR LISP CONFERENCE In recognition of the 30th birthday of the Lisp programming language, the ACM is sponsoring a special conference on Lisp and the history of Lisp, to be held at MIT, November 28 through December 1 1989. Part of the conference will deal with technical issues of current interest to the Lisp community (similar to Lisp presentations at the Lisp and Functional Programming conferences). There also be sessions devoted to historical papers, evolution of Lisp implementation technology, perspectives on the past and future of Lisp, and so on. A formal call for abstracts (which will be due next May) will appear in a few months. In the meantime, we would like to solicit your advice about appropriate special events for this conference. For example, people have suggested presenting awards for "distinguished contributions to Lisp." Are there particular panel discussions you would like to see? Or other events you think would be appropriate for a birthday celebration? Please mail us your suggestions. For the program committee: Dick Gabriel Guy Steele Jan Zubkoff Hal Abelson send suggestions to Hal Abelson MIT 545 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02129 hal@zurich.ai.mit.edu