[Novalug] Fwd: [Dclug] Brian Kernighan Lecture, GWU Campus, April 30

[Pete Nuwayser]

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From: Winter <winter at frostmarch.com>
Date: Apr 3, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: [Dclug] Brian Kernighan Lecture, GWU Campus, April 30
To: DC Lug <dclug at tux.org>


Hail and well met.

I'm a regular attendee of the DC LUG meetings but tend to lurk on the list.

At the last meeting I mentioned that I've become the acting chairman of
the DC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.  The chapter
has been defunct for several years and I thought "hmm, what can I do to
kick things into gear?"

Here's the first step:

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The DC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, in
collaboration with the student ACM chapter at George Washington
University, proudly presents the first 2007 lecture:

Speaker:  Dr. Brian Kernighan

Dr. Kernighan worked alongside UNIX creators Ken Thompson and Dennis
Ritchie and contributed significantly to the UNIX school of thought.  He
is also co-author of the AWK and AMPL programming languages as well as
co-author of the book "The C Programming Language".

Topic:  The UNIX Legacy

Since its creation in an attic at Bell Labs more than 30 years ago, the
Unix operating system has spread far beyond anything that its creators
could possibly have imagined.  It has led to the development of much
innovative software, and has influenced myriad programmers, usually for
the better, while affecting other operating systems lamentably little.
In this talk, Dr. Kernighan will describe some of the early days and the
golden age, and then in the light of more recent times discuss what the
Unix legacy might turn out to be.


When:  Monday April 30, 2007.  7:00pm to 9:00pm

Where:
George Washington University Campus
Funger Hall, lecture room 108
2201 G St. NW
Washington, DC
(2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro)

This lecture is free and open to the public.  ACM membership is not
required to attend.

Questions and comments can be directed to William Fielder at
wfielder at acm.org (or winter at frostmarch.com).


Regards,

William "Winter" Fielder

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