[Boston.pm] TONIGHT - Ricky Morse - Perl 6 Typesetting

RSVP not required to attend but last call to RSVP for the 7pm snacks is in
shortly ...

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 8:51 PM Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote:

> (1) The Wiki is Back! New hosting thanks to Greg R 's Qualitybox.US ,
> suppliers of wikis and forums to discerning SMBs.
>     same Boston.PM.org address thanks to Perl.ORG
> (2) Meetings resume !
>      September at the usual place,
>      October a road-trip to Waltham
>      (center of town so bus/express-bus/CR-train accessible,
>        but Bill will provide carpool for Cantabridgians too)
>
>  = - = - = - =
>
> September 11th: Ricky Morse - Perl 6 and Typesetting Formal Announcements
>
> After ringing a bell for 45 minutes to 3 hours, you kind of want
> people to know you did it, and what you did it for. Ricky uses Perl 6
> to replace a manual process for creating “half-sheets” to post in the
> Old North ringing room, for tourists to see.
>
> Ricky sensibly doesn't want to retype or copy-paste what's already
> somewhere on-line, so he uses Perl 6 to pull the data from a database
> as XML, and then typeset the half sheets. This is using Perl6, GROFF,
> and C6PAN Modules Template::Mustache, XML::XPath, and HTTP::User
> Agent.
>
> Location: MIT Building E-51, Room E51-372, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
>
> NOTE: Parking Alert.
> Recent changes in MIT Parking no longer officially allow un-permitted
> parking after-hours, and parking lot under repair.
>
> Tech Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at MIT
> building E51, Sloan School Tang Center [not the other Tang building!]
> nearer to Kendall Sq than Mass Ave.
>
> Talk begins at 7:30.
> Refreshments in the hallway prior.
> RSVP (to Bill or On List) for count encouraged but not required, by 4pm
> Tuesday.
>
> DETAILS -
> http://boston.pm.org/wiki/Calendar
> http://boston.pm.org/wiki/MIT_Directions [Includes parking notes]
>


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