Franz Tech Corner News: Lisp as a UNIX shared library

The Franz Tech Corner, March 17, 2008

In this issue:

1. Lisp as a UNIX shared library
2. Join us at SemTech 2008 and get $200 off!
3. HackerTV recording "How Lisp Will Make Web 3.0 A Reality"
4. European Common Lisp Meeting, Amsterdam, April 19/20, 2008
5. 1st European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2008)
6. Training Schedule

1. Lisp as a UNIX shared library

Allegro CL supports the use of Lisp via a shared library by C/C++
programs in the same manner as they use any other function
libraries. The interface and the documentation for Unix Shared
Libraries in Allegro CL 8.1 were replaced in an update released in mid
February, 2008. In this tech corner, we discuss the changes and the
example provided, which creates a C program that calls Lisp to
calculate a factorial:

http://franz.com/support/tech_corner/unix-sl-031208.lhtml

2. Join us at SemTech 2008 and get $200 off!

The Semantic Technology Conference will take place 18 - 22 May,
2008. You'll receive $200 off your registration fees when you register
with our promotion code.

We will be giving a talk and demonstrations on using the combination
of GeoTemporal Reasoning and Social Network Analytics for Business
Intelligence, and participating on the panel "Developing Semantic Web
Applications: Current Tools, Best Practices and Future Directions".

To learn more about the panel discussions:
http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/482/

For discounted registration information:
http://www.semantic-conference.com/2008/invitations/franz/

3. HackerTV recording "How Lisp Will Make Web 3.0 A Reality"

Jans Aasman appeared live on the HackerTV channel of Justin.tv on
February 14th. A recording is available, view it here:

http://www.justin.tv/hackertv/68368/Jans_Aasman_Franz__How_Lisp_will_make_

4. European Common Lisp Meeting, Amsterdam, April 19/20, 2008

Arthur Lemmens and Edi Weitz are proud to announce the European Common
Lisp Meeting 2008. The meeting will consist of a Sunday full of talks
on April 20, 2008, with optional dinners on Saturday and Sunday
evening.

See http://weitz.de/eclm2008/

5. 1st European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2008)

Bordeaux, France, May 22-23, 2008 LaBRI, Universite Bordeaux 1

Important Dates:
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* Work-in-progress papers: March 24, 2008
* Author notification: April 7, 2008
* WIP Author notification: April 14, 2008
* First final versions due: April 28, 2008

Accepted research papers will be invited for a special issue of the
Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). See the symposium
website for more details.

See http://prog.vub.ac.be/~pcostanza/els08

6. Training Schedule

Allegro CL Certification Program - Basic and Intermediate courses
available. Next 3-day sessions in 2008:

- Basic, May 7, 14 and 21
- Intermediate, April 9, 16 and 23

Ask us about previously recorded programs that are available if you
are unable to attend the live course.

http://franz.com/services/classes

Make the most of your Allegro CL application by utilizing our
consulting services,

http://franz.com/services/consulting/

Lisp Jobs - http://lispjobs.wordpress.com/

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contact your product application manager or email sales@franz.com.