CATHIE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (04/27/91)
The procedures/macro/programming language REXX is now included in OS/2 and the OS/2 developer, Rick McGuire of IBM, will talk about "REXX for OS/2 2.0" at the REXX Symposium. The conference is sponsored by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and will be held May 8-9 at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA. All are invited and the agenda and fee schedule follow: REXX Symposium Preliminary Agenda Wednesday, May 8 9:00 Cathie Dager: Welcome 9:15 Linda Green: REXXoids 10:00 BREAK 10:15 Mike Cowlishaw: Design of REXX 11:00 Brian Marks: Review of ANSI and Other Language Discussions 12:00 LUNCH APPLICATIONS Track WISHES Track ------------------ ------------ 1:00 Linda Littleton: Netnews Eric Giguere: Command Standards 1:45 George Crane: Oracle Interface Charles Daney: Improvements 2:30 BREAK APPLICATIONS cont' TECHNIQUES Track ----------------- ---------------- 2:45 Marc Irvin: Expert Systems Keith Watts: Parsing 3:30 Irvin continues Dave Gomberg: Tuning _____________________________________________________ 4:00 BREAK 4:15 Simon Nash: Object Oriented REXX 5:15 Discussion 6:00 DINNER 7:45 Announcement Opportunity 8:00 Implementors Panel: Mike Cowlishaw, Charles Daney, Bill Hawes, Neil Milsted, Rick McGuire, Keith Watts Thursday, May 9 IBM REXX OTHER PLATFORMS -------- --------------- 9:00 Rick McGuire: REXX Robert Pesner: PC Functions Interpreter for OS/2 2.0 9:45 Bert Moser: Compiler Ed Spire: Unix and VAX ____________________________________________________________ 10:45 BREAK 11:00 TBA 12:00 LUNCH 1:00 Unix Panel: Jeff Lankford, Alan Thew, Scott Ophof, Jonathan Jenkins, Sam Drake 2:45 BREAK 3:00 Bebo White: Using REXX to Teach Programming 3:30 Bob Flores: Shared Function Library 4:00 John Hartmann: Pipelines 5:00 CLOSING Fees: Registration Only - $180 Complete Symposium Package - $500 (single), $360 (shared lodging) The complete packages include lodging (3 nights), 9 meals, 3 social hours, coffee breaks, and all meeting literature. Reservations: For registration only, with no lodging contact Dave Gomberg at 415-731-7793 or gomberg@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu For a complete package, send a non-refundable $50 deposit to: Dave Gomberg REXX Symposium 1991 7 Gateview Court San Francisco, CA 94116-1941 USA For the shared lodging option, please indicate the name of the person with whom the room is to be shared OR if you would like to be assigned an attendee with whom you will share your room. Cathie Dager cathie@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu 415-926-2904 ---> the opinions expressed are mine alone and not necessarily those of SLAC, Stanford University or the DOE ---> the above disclaimer is (almost) required and does not reflect my personality or preference