A call-out to D programmers in Minnesota...

I started a new meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-D-Programmers/

Your suggestions for this group are welcome.

After teaching CSci 1902 (CS2) in D last summer here at U of M,

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1ko94o/experience_report_teaching_d_at_a_summer_course/

I and several others have joined this meetup. We hope it reaches a critical mass, at which point there could be some interesting activity.

Carl.

On Tuesday, 10 September 2013 at 03:33:40 UTC, Jack Pope wrote:
> A call-out to D programmers in Minnesota...
>
> I started a new meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-D-Programmers/
>
> Your suggestions for this group are welcome.

By a curious coincidence, I'll be in the US during November, mostly around Minneapolis. I could try coming as well if the circumstances are right!

> By a curious coincidence, I'll be in the US during November, mostly around Minneapolis. I could try coming as well if the circumstances are right!

Great! You're very welcome. And if you want to perhaps give a presentation at some point, we're open to suggestions.

And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 14 new members so far. When we decide upon some activities, I'll post something here.

Carl.

On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 16:39:21 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:
> And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 14 new members so far.
(...)

Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our largest city by far)..

>> And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 14 new members so far.
> (...)
>
> Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our largest city by far)..

There are about 3.7 million in the metropolitan area here. So yes, statistics are in our favor.

We are now up to 17 in the group.  I should schedule a meetup.  Perhaps initially something short, say library linking tips.  Then, we can banter about topics/speakers for later.

Vladimir, what dates are you in town and will noon or evening work?  Maybe you could present your DConf material?

jp


On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 16:52:24 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:
>>> And I now see that in the last three or so days we've acquired 14 new members so far.
>> (...)
>>
>> Sometimes I wish I was living in a country with more than 5M people and a city with more than 0.6M (and yes - it's our largest city by far)..
>
> There are about 3.7 million in the metropolitan area here. So yes, statistics are in our favor.

On Friday, 1 November 2013 at 20:02:10 UTC, Jack Pope wrote:
> We are now up to 17 in the group.  I should schedule a meetup.  Perhaps initially something short, say library linking tips.  Then, we can banter about topics/speakers for later.
>
> Vladimir, what dates are you in town and will noon or evening work?  Maybe you could present your DConf material?

Hi,

I'll be around Minneapolis (in Eagan) for all of November, with the possible exception of one week (TBD if/when) during which I might take a dip down to LA.

The biggest limiting factor is that I can't drive here. So, if someone could pick me up, practically any time I'm here is fine for me. Otherwise we'll need to find a day that works for everyone.

I could redo my DConf talk if you're interested, although I don't think I'd have much to add since May. Or, I could talk about memory management in D: garbage collection, structure and history of the D GC, related tools, best practices, and latest developments. Some of this was covered by the two DConf GC presentations.

What will the format and duration of the meetup be? A presentation in an auditorium somewhere, or like a dinner/gathering?

Vladimir, your talk about memory management and related would be interesting.  I will post some proposed meeting details to the meetup group list, and then we can work out transportation, etc.

> Hi,
>
> I'll be around Minneapolis (in Eagan) for all of November, with the possible exception of one week (TBD if/when) during which I might take a dip down to LA.
>
> The biggest limiting factor is that I can't drive here. So, if someone could pick me up, practically any time I'm here is fine for me. Otherwise we'll need to find a day that works for everyone.
>
> I could redo my DConf talk if you're interested, although I don't think I'd have much to add since May. Or, I could talk about memory management in D: garbage collection, structure and history of the D GC, related tools, best practices, and latest developments. Some of this was covered by the two DConf GC presentations.
>
> What will the format and duration of the meetup be? A presentation in an auditorium somewhere, or like a dinner/gathering?