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Re: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference

by Pape, Tobias

Hi all, On 25.09.2015, at 09:21, Martin McClure <martin.mcclure(a)gemtalksystems.com> wrote: > On 09/24/2015 11:27 PM, jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de wrote: >> >> * In my area (southern Germany), the school holidays haven't started by >> that time, so the conference doesn't interfere with our vacation plans >> * For exactly that reason, I think we've had a few more people from a >> more "enterprisey" background > > There were also people that I wanted to see that could not come, because they were still dealing with students, so I'd rather see it during the vacation time. I was dealing with students and could not come and couldn't meet people I wanted to meet. August is pretty much free for University academics in Germany, that's why it worked well for us in the previous years. Best regards -Tobias

Sept. 25, 2015

Re: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference

by Thomas, Arden

Hi Joachim; The traditional timeframe (late August) was better for me. July was more difficult to schedule and prepare for. Regards Arden Arden Thomas Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager athomas(a)cincom.com ________________________________________ From: Esug-list [esug-list-bounces(a)lists.esug.org] on behalf of Georg Heeg [georg(a)heeg.de] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 3:37 AM To: jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de; esug-list(a)lists.esug.org Subject: Re: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference Joachim, Short answer: I could not come. Georg Georg Heeg eK, Dortmund und Köthen, HR Dortmund A 12812 Wallstraße 22, 06366 Köthen Tel. +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Esug-list [mailto:esug-list-bounces@lists.esug.org] Im Auftrag von jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de Gesendet: Freitag, 25. September 2015 08:27 An: esug-list(a)lists.esug.org Betreff: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference Hi ESUG list readers, first of all, I'd like to send a late but nevertheless earnest and warm Thank You to all who organized the ESUG 2015 conference. I've enjoyed the conference and the networking. The social event location was great and also Brescia as a city was fantastic. I'd like to ask all who came or couldn't come to comment on the selection of the Date for the conference. This year, the conference was held in early July rather than in late August. To me, personally, that was an excellent choice, and I've spoken to many people at the conference and on other occasions about the date. Most people I talked to were either pleased or indifferent. But I could imagine some people didn't come because early July didn't fit well. I would like to have ESUg earlier in the year, and early July was very convenient for me for several reasons: * In my area (southern Germany), the school holidays haven't started by that time, so the conference doesn't interfere with our vacation plans * For exactly that reason, I think we've had a few more people from a more "enterprisey" background * There aren't many other events in July that might interfere with teh ESUG conference Let me also state very clearly that I am not asking on behalf of ESUG or that I am in a position to influence the date, other than maybe by starting a discussion on this list ;-) I am not involved in the planning or organisation of the next ESUG conferences, though this might change in the future, never say never ;-) So, what is your opinion? Does July fit for you, or was the changed date keeping you from attending? Thanks for commenting. Maybe this is of help to the conference organisers, at least I hope so. My intentions are positive ;-) Joachim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1 _______________________________________________ Esug-list mailing list Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org _______________________________________________ Esug-list mailing list Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org

Sept. 25, 2015

Re: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference

by Georg Heeg

Joachim, Short answer: I could not come. Georg Georg Heeg eK, Dortmund und Köthen, HR Dortmund A 12812 Wallstraße 22, 06366 Köthen Tel. +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Esug-list [mailto:esug-list-bounces@lists.esug.org] Im Auftrag von jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de Gesendet: Freitag, 25. September 2015 08:27 An: esug-list(a)lists.esug.org Betreff: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference Hi ESUG list readers, first of all, I'd like to send a late but nevertheless earnest and warm Thank You to all who organized the ESUG 2015 conference. I've enjoyed the conference and the networking. The social event location was great and also Brescia as a city was fantastic. I'd like to ask all who came or couldn't come to comment on the selection of the Date for the conference. This year, the conference was held in early July rather than in late August. To me, personally, that was an excellent choice, and I've spoken to many people at the conference and on other occasions about the date. Most people I talked to were either pleased or indifferent. But I could imagine some people didn't come because early July didn't fit well. I would like to have ESUg earlier in the year, and early July was very convenient for me for several reasons: * In my area (southern Germany), the school holidays haven't started by that time, so the conference doesn't interfere with our vacation plans * For exactly that reason, I think we've had a few more people from a more "enterprisey" background * There aren't many other events in July that might interfere with teh ESUG conference Let me also state very clearly that I am not asking on behalf of ESUG or that I am in a position to influence the date, other than maybe by starting a discussion on this list ;-) I am not involved in the planning or organisation of the next ESUG conferences, though this might change in the future, never say never ;-) So, what is your opinion? Does July fit for you, or was the changed date keeping you from attending? Thanks for commenting. Maybe this is of help to the conference organisers, at least I hope so. My intentions are positive ;-) Joachim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1 _______________________________________________ Esug-list mailing list Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org

Sept. 25, 2015

Re: [Esug-list] How did you like July as date for the conference

by Martin McClure

On 09/24/2015 11:27 PM, jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de wrote: > > * In my area (southern Germany), the school holidays haven't started by > that time, so the conference doesn't interfere with our vacation plans > * For exactly that reason, I think we've had a few more people from a > more "enterprisey" background There were also people that I wanted to see that could not come, because they were still dealing with students, so I'd rather see it during the vacation time. > > So, what is your opinion? Does July fit for you, or was the changed date > keeping you from attending? For me personally, mid-July can work, and late August or early September can also. But I think I prefer the later dates. The weather's better (second half of July is peak heat for many places, and this year's heat made the conference considerably less enjoyable), and airfares to get there are often lower. Thanks for asking the question. Regards, -Martin

Sept. 25, 2015

How did you like July as date for the conference

by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de

Hi ESUG list readers, first of all, I'd like to send a late but nevertheless earnest and warm Thank You to all who organized the ESUG 2015 conference. I've enjoyed the conference and the networking. The social event location was great and also Brescia as a city was fantastic. I'd like to ask all who came or couldn't come to comment on the selection of the Date for the conference. This year, the conference was held in early July rather than in late August. To me, personally, that was an excellent choice, and I've spoken to many people at the conference and on other occasions about the date. Most people I talked to were either pleased or indifferent. But I could imagine some people didn't come because early July didn't fit well. I would like to have ESUg earlier in the year, and early July was very convenient for me for several reasons: * In my area (southern Germany), the school holidays haven't started by that time, so the conference doesn't interfere with our vacation plans * For exactly that reason, I think we've had a few more people from a more "enterprisey" background * There aren't many other events in July that might interfere with teh ESUG conference Let me also state very clearly that I am not asking on behalf of ESUG or that I am in a position to influence the date, other than maybe by starting a discussion on this list ;-) I am not involved in the planning or organisation of the next ESUG conferences, though this might change in the future, never say never ;-) So, what is your opinion? Does July fit for you, or was the changed date keeping you from attending? Thanks for commenting. Maybe this is of help to the conference organisers, at least I hope so. My intentions are positive ;-) Joachim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1

Sept. 25, 2015

Re: [Esug-list] World.st has a new admin

by Tudor Girba

Thank you both! Doru On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Geert Claes <geert.wl.claes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The admin duties have now been handed over to Sean DeNigris who kindly > volunteered to look after the www.world.st web presence as well as the > Nabble archived mailing list forums on forum.world.st. > > As mentioned in a previous post, I did establish The World of Smalltalk > some > years ago I have now unfortunately too many other things on my plate. So I > feel a person who is closer to the Smalltalk action will be better suited > to > take over the reins and I wish Sean all the best to continue! > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/World-st-has-a-new-admin-tp4851810.html > Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

Sept. 24, 2015

Re: [Esug-list] World.st has a new admin

by Damien Cassou

Geert Claes <geert.wl.claes(a)gmail.com> writes: > The admin duties have now been handed over to Sean DeNigris who kindly > volunteered to look after the www.world.st web presence as well as the > Nabble archived mailing list forums on forum.world.st. > > As mentioned in a previous post, I did establish The World of Smalltalk some > years ago I have now unfortunately too many other things on my plate. So I > feel a person who is closer to the Smalltalk action will be better suited to > take over the reins and I wish Sean all the best to continue! Thank you Geert for all your past work Thank you Sean for accepting the duty. -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill

Sept. 24, 2015

World.st has a new admin

by Geert Claes

The admin duties have now been handed over to Sean DeNigris who kindly volunteered to look after the www.world.st web presence as well as the Nabble archived mailing list forums on forum.world.st. As mentioned in a previous post, I did establish The World of Smalltalk some years ago I have now unfortunately too many other things on my plate. So I feel a person who is closer to the Smalltalk action will be better suited to take over the reins and I wish Sean all the best to continue! -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/World-st-has-a-new-admin-tp4851810.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Sept. 24, 2015

OOPS track at SAC 2016: deadline extended to September 28th

by Nick Papoylias

=========================================================== ***** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: September 28th ***** =========================================================== OOPS 2016 Call for Papers Object-Oriented Programming Languages and Systems http://oops.disi.unige.it/OOPS16 Technical Track at the 31st ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2016 http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2016 April 4-8, 2016 Pisa, Italy - Important Dates Submission of regular papers and SRC abstracts *September 28, 2015* (extended strict deadline) Notification of regular papers (and posters) and SRC acceptance/rejection November 13, 2015 Camera-ready copies of accepted papers December 11, 2015 Author registration due date December 18, 2015 SAC 2016 April 4 - 8, 2016 - Track Chair Davide Ancona (davide.ancona(a)unige.it) DIBRIS, University of Genova, Italy - SAC 2016 For the past thirty years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has been a primary gathering forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers from around the world. SAC 2016 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), and will be hosted by the University of Pisa, and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna University, Italy. - Call For Student Research Abstracts: Graduate students seeking feedback from the scientific community on their research ideas are invited to submit original abstracts of their research work in areas of experimental computing and application development related to SAC 2016 Tracks. The Student Research Competition (SRC) program is designed to provide graduate students the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with researcher and practitioners in their areas of interest. - OOPS Track Object-oriented programming (OOP) has become the mainstream programming paradigm for developing complex software systems in most application domains. However, existing OO languages and platforms need to evolve to meet the continuous demand for new abstractions, features, and tools able to reduce the time, effort, and cost of creating object-oriented software systems, and improving their performance, quality and usability. To this aim, OOPS is seeking for research advances bringing benefits in all those typical aspects of software development, such as modeling, prototyping, design, implementation, concurrency and distribution, code generation, analysis, verification, testing, evaluation, deployment, maintenance, reuse, and software evolution and adaptation. The specific OO related topics of interest for the OOPS track include, but are not limited to, the following: * Aspects and components * Code generation, and optimization, just-in-time compilation * Context-oriented programming * Databases and persistence * Distribution and concurrency * Dynamic and scripting languages * Evaluation * Feature Oriented Software Development and Programming * Formal verification * Integration with other paradigms * Interoperability, versioning and software evolution and adaptation * Language design and implementation * Modular and generic programming * Reflection, meta-programming * Runtime verification * Secure and dependable software * Static analysis * Testing and debugging * Type systems and type inference * Virtual machines OOPS offers a great opportunity to the OOP community to gain visibility, and to exploit the inter-disciplinary nature of SAC. - Submission Instructions Prospective papers should be submitted to the track in pdf format using the START submission system for regular and SRC papers available through the SAC 2016 home page ( http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2016) Submission of the same paper to multiple tracks is not allowed; all papers should represent original and previously unpublished works that are currently not under review in any conference or journal. Both basic and applied research papers are welcome. The format of the paper must adhere to the sig-alternate style ( http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) Full papers are limited to 6 pages with the option for up to 2 additional pages at extra charge (80 USD per page). Posters are limited to 3 pages with the option for up to 1 additional page at extra charge (80 USD). Papers that fall short the above requirements are subjected to rejection. All papers must be submitted by *September 28, 2015* (extended strict deadline). For more information please visit the SAC 2016 home page ( http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2016) - Proceedings Accepted papers will be published by ACM in the annual conference proceedings. Accepted posters will be published as extended abstracts in the same proceedings. Please note that full registration is required for papers and posters to be included in the conference proceedings and CD. An author or a proxy attending SAC *must* present the paper. This is a requirement for including the work in the ACM/IEEE digital library. No-show of registered papers, posters, and SRC abstracts will result in excluding them from the ACM/IEEE digital library. Student registration is only intended to encourage student attendance and does not cover inclusion of papers/posters in the conference proceedings. Finally, following the tradition of the past OOPS editions, depending on the quality and the overall number of accepted papers, after the conference authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for a journal special issue.

Sept. 23, 2015

Position for a PhD student on Hot software update

by Noury Bouraqadi

Hi, As part of the ongoing partnership between INRIA and Mines Douai, we have a funding for a PhD student to work on hot software update. You'll find below a description of the position. Best, Noury — Prof. Noury Bouraqadi Ecole des Mines de Douai http://car.mines-douai.fr/noury --- CONTACT Prof. S. Ducasse, stephane.ducasse AT inria.fr, INRIA, France Prof. N. Bouraqadi, noury.bouraqadi AT mines-douai.fr, Mines Douai, France Dr. M. Denker, marcus.denker AT inria.fr, INRIA, France Dr. L. Fabresse, luc.fabresse AT mines-douai.fr, Mines Douai, France CONTEXT Building next generation systems that can not be stopped is an interesting challenge for industry. Indded, when we need to replace current software for an upgrade or a bug fix, it is mandatory to stop the old running version, make the change and then restart the new version. However, there are situations where a such process is either impossible or at least undesirable because of the costs resulting from a shutdown (e.g production line, robot on mars, ...). We believe that software built with from the beginning the property to work indefinetly, will be by construction more robust to change, intrinsicly capable of evolution and more agile than traditional software. Dynamic languages such as CLOS, Ruby, Python, and Pharo provide a support for updates that only involve code change. Even if they are more advanced compared to other languages, their solutions ar mainly ad hoc and deserve being rethought. We believe it is important to have a mechanism and an infrastructure that allow adaptive and safe software updates. By "safe" we mean that this solution should support different conditions, such as a series of updates performed in the wrong sequence. In such situations, instances of changed classes should migrate in a satisfactory fashion. Safety also means verifying loaded changes. This means that changes should be checked and possibly rejected if they make the system instable or if they introduce errors. SCINTIFIC GOALS The questions we would like to target in this PhD are the following: - What is a good inftrastructure to support a dynamic and reliable code update? Do we need to analyse changes? - Does an infrastructure based on isolated environments is enough to ensure update safety? What atomicity level is required? - Which meta-object protocol is required to migrate objets? - Would it be interesting to have different version of a given class or package for the same software? BIBLIOGRAPHY . D. Duggan. Type-based hot swapping of running modules. In Intl. Conf. on Functional Programming, pages 62–73, 2001. . M. Denker, T. Gîrba, A. Lienhard, O. Nierstrasz, L. Renggli, and P. Zumkehr. Encapsulating and exploiting change with Changeboxes. In Proc. Int. Conference on Dynamic Languages, pages 25–49. ACM Digital Lib., 2007. . M. Dmitriev. Safe Class and Data Evolution in Large and Long-Lived Java Applications. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. . M. Hicks and S. Nettles. Dynamic software updating. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, 27(6):1049–1096, nov 2005. . J. Kephart. Research challenges of autonomic computing. In ICSE 2005, pages 15–22, may 2005. . G. Kniesel. Type-safe delegation for run-time component adaptation. In R. Guerraoui, editor, Proceedings ECOOP ’99, volume 1628 of LNCS, pages 351–366, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1999. Springer-Verlag. . I. Neamtiu, M. W. Hicks, G. Stoyle, and M. Oriol. Practical dynamic software updating for c. In PLDI, pages 72–83, 2006. . G Polito, Stéphane Ducasse, N Bouraqadi, L Fabresse, M Mattone. Virtualization Support for Dynamic Core Library Update. Onward!, Oct 2015, Pittsburg, USA. . X. Ren, F. Shah, F. Tip, B. Ryder, and O. Chesley. Chianti: A tool for change impact analysis of Java programs. In Proceedings of OOPSLA 2004), pages 432–448, 2004.

Sept. 23, 2015