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
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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
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2:45 Marc Irvin: Expert Systems Keith Watts: Parsing
3:30 Irvin continues Dave Gomberg: Tuning
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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
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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
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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
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my personality or preference