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- From: rosenber@panix.com (Saul J Rosenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,ny.seminars,nyc.announce,panix.events
- Subject: NYC C++, STL, Java, OOA/D, Windows meetings February last half
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 13:38:05 -0500
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
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- Summary: C++ and C SIG meetings NYC February last half
- Keywords: C++, STL, Java, Smalltalk, Windows, NT, seminars, user group, NYC
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- C++ and C SIG Newsletter (metro NY/NJ/CT) Feb. 14, 1996
-
- This is update#2, for the C++ and C SIG meetings during the last half of
- February. The groups that met in the first half of February are not
- listed here. The prior newsletters are available via
- http://www.cppsig.org/news
-
- To be notified by email, you must register with the group leader and/or
- the general C++ and C SIG list with 'rosenberg@decus.org'. We appreciate
- your cooperation. Note that this is a volunteer effort.
-
- Partial list, groups meeting in the last half of February
-
- CSF Tue Feb 20 C++ Street Fight
- Tom Holaday, "tlhol@ibm.net"
- 6:30pm, Morgan Stanley, 4th Fl, 750 Seventh Av(49th)
-
- Advanced C++, problems/solutions for large scale C++
- software development projects; Q&A encouraged
-
- ODK Thu Feb 8,15 Object and Data Knowledge
- Carlos Jerome, "cjerome@cis.compuserve.com"
- Object-oriented and object-relational databases
- 6:30pm, NYNEX, room 5028, 1166 Av of Americas (45th)
-
- 2/15=Prolog logic discussion, led by Noel Yap.
- Also: continued discussion from Ullman's book, Vol I
-
- OOA Mon Feb 5, Wed Feb 28 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
- Mark Terribile, "mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us"
- 7pm, IBM bldg, 6th Fl, 590 Madison Av (57th St), NY
-
- 2/28="Controlled Iterated Design" continued
- Speaker: Peter Bals, Rational Software Corp
-
- NT Thu Feb 22 Windows NT Developers, joint meeting
- Speaker: "Windows NT Internals", David Solomon
- Tony Iams, Win NT Developers, "iams@merv.cs.nyu.edu"
- Dean Davis, Win API Programming, "ddavis@panix.com"
- See part 3 below for more info.
-
- STL Mon Feb 5, Thu Feb 29 Standard Template Library
- Code review, templates discussion, ANSI C++ standard
- interesting C++ code samples, ...
- Randy Swan, "swan@acf4.nyu.edu"
- 6:30pm, C-Team, ste 11 C, 60 East 12th St (Broadway)
-
- Web Wed various Java/Web Developers
- David Fisco, "fisco@planet.net"
- Patrick Fitzgerald, "pfitz@inch.com"
- Meeting info sent via email, check on day of meeting
- 7pm, Morgan Stanley, 4th Fl, 750 Seventh Av(49th St)
-
- 2/14 Natural Intelligence presents "Roaster", a full
- Java Development Environment (IDE) for the Mac.
- Includes IDE, PowerMac native Java compiler,
- debugger, code editor and Project window.
- Speakers: Rick Eames (product manager of Roaster),
- Mark Alcazar
- http://www.natural.com
- http://www.roaster.com
-
- 2/21 ParcPlace-DigiTalk presents "VisualWave"
- (Note this is based on Smalltalk, not Java, but is
- still usable with standard Web browsers)
- See part 2 below for more info
-
- 2/28 To be announced
-
- Win Wed Feb 7,14,28 Windows API Programming
- Dean Davis, "ddavis@panix.com"
- 6:30pm, C-Team, Suite 11C, 60 East 12th St(Broadway)
-
- 2/7,14,28: Windows programming, MFC, OLE
- 2/21 No meeting (see the 2/22 Joint meeting Win NT)
-
- WSF Mon Feb 26 Wall St Financials
- "Basic info for Wall St Programmers",
- Douglas Hepworth, Millennium Partners
- 6:30pm, IBM bldg, 6th Fl, 590 Madison Av (57th St)
-
- * Security Valuation
- * Prediction Models/Trading Systems
- * Back Test Methods
- * Performance Measurement and Evaluation Tools
- Rescheduled from Jan, due to snow.
- For the full 4 page outline (same as previously
- sent), see http://www.cppsig.org/wsf
-
- Meetings info is always subject to change, so please check your email.
-
- February 1996
-
- Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
-
- 1 Gen 2 ---
-
- 5 OOA 6 c2c++ 7 Win 8 ODK 9 ---
- STL
-
- 12 PERL 13 c2c++ 14 Win 15 ODK 16 ---
- Web
-
- 19 holiday 20 CSF 21 Web 22 NT 23 ---
-
- 26 WSF 27 --- 28 Win 29 STL
- Web?,OOA
-
- PRELIMINARY, PARTIAL March 1996 DRAFT, check the March newsletter.
-
- Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
-
- 1 ---
-
- 4 OOA 5 c2c++ 6 Win 7 Gen 8 ---
- Web?
-
- 11 PERL? 12 c2c++ 13 Win 14 ODK 15 ---
- Web?
-
- 18 Watcom 19 CSF 20 Win 21 ODK 22 ---
- Powersoft Web?
-
- 25 WallSt 26 --- 27 Win 28 --- 29 ---
- Web?,OOA
-
- Powersoft Mon March 18: Powersoft presents "Optima++", a new product
- Watcom demo. Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool, GUI
- Optima++ visual interfaces, with objects and components that can
- use C++ code. From the developers of PowerBuilder and of
- Watcom C++. See http://www.powersoft.com and trade
- magazines PC Week, InfoWorld, etc.
-
- This is a joint meeting with the PADD (Prof. Assoc. of
- Database Developers) and its Powerbuilder chapter
-
- Elections All positions on the C++ and C SIG board of directors
- (Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, member-at-large)
- are open for election. If interested, send email with
- your name, phone, and desired position to Eric Olsen
- "ericok@aol.com" and John Lucey "jlucey@bix.com".
- (We also always need volunteers ...)
-
- E-Mail list To receive future postings on C++, C, OOA/D, WWW/Java,
- OO DB/ODK meetings, send e-mail to: "Rosenberg@Decus.org".
- Please include your first & last names, phone number,
- organization and title (if any). Thanx.
-
- Individual groups (Web, ODK, STL) have more info available
- via their own sub-lists. Contact the group leader to join
-
- Phone Dial 212-533-NYPC then code CSG then subcodes for a status
- Status update on our meetings. The subcodes are the same as the
- study group three letter abbreviations (see above). This
- supplements, but does not replace, the email newsletter.
- It can be useful on the day of a meeting, to check the
- status. Note that this is done on a time available basis,
- after the email broadcasts, which reach more people.
-
- Feedback How are we doing? Are the meetings informative and useful?
- Do you like the events? Are the study groups helpful and
- interactive? What meetings have you liked best? What
- areas could be improved? Are you involved with interesting
- C++ or Java or OOA activities? We'd like to hear from you
-
- The C++ and C SIG is a SIG of NYPC. This is a volunteer user group. All
- meetings are always subject to change in topic/speaker/date/location etc
- Please check email, including on the date of meetings. Limited seating.
- Invitation does not guarantee admission.
-
- NYPC members If you're a member of NYPC, please reply, preferably with
- your NYPC member number (see your NYPC ID card or the
- US mailing label on the NYPC Calendar). Thanx.
-
-
- Part 2 C++ and C SIG Newsletter Feb#3 (metro NY/NJ/CT) Feb. 14, 1996
-
- Topic: ParcPlace-Digitalk presents "VisualWave"
- Speaker: Jim Robertson, Senior Systems Engineer, ParcPlace-Digitalk
-
- Date: Wednesday February 21
- Time: 7-9pm (please do not arrive before 6:45pm)
- Location: Morgan-Stanley, 4th Floor, 750 Seventh Av (49th St), NY NY
- Cost: Voluntary $3 contribution
-
- Group: Java/Web Interactive Developers group of the C++ and C SIG
- Leaders: David Fisco, "fisco@planet.net"
- Patrick Fitzgerald, "pfitz@inch.com"
-
- Summary: Jim Robertson will discuss and demonstrate the development
- of live web applications using VisualWave.
-
- Quote "VisualWave is the first true object-oriented
- application development environment for creating live Web
- applications. It is the fastest way to create, deliver,
- and change serious web applications."
-
- Quote "VisualWave provides developers:
- * Automatic generation of the Web interface
- * Dynamic Graphics
- * Session Management
- * Personal Web server
- * OO application development environment
- * Graphical User Interface tools
- * Reusable Application Framework
- * Smalltalk language
- * Integration with your existing business systems
- * Database connectivity
- * Ability to build apps for both web and client-server
- deployment"
-
- WWW see http://www.parcplace.com
-
- Part 3 C++ and C SIG Newsletter Feb#3 (metro NY/NJ/CT) Feb. 14, 1996
-
- Topic: "Windows NT Internal Architecture"
- Speaker: David A. Solomon, David Solomon Expert Seminars
-
- Date: Thursday Feb 22
- Time: 6:30-9pm
- Location: Bank of New York, 101 Barclay St, NY NY, 10th floor
- (Greenwich St, north of World Trade Center bldg #7)
- RSVP: Email to: rosenberg@decus.org
- There will be a ground floor sign-in.
- Cost: Requested $3 contribution (for user group expenses)
-
- Notes: * This replaces the regular Wed Feb 21 Windows API meeting
- There is no Windows API group meeting on Wed Feb 21.
-
- * This is a joint meeting with the Windows NT Developers
- SIG of NYPC, led by Tony Iams, "iams@merv.cs.nyu.edu"
- 212-533-NYPC, code WNT
-
- Summary: This talk (condensed from a full-day NT Internals seminar)
- will provide a concise review of the internal architecture
- and components of Windows NT.
-
- Topics covered include:
- * Executive
- * Kernel
- * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)
- * Environment subsystems (eg, Win32)
- * Thread scheduling (for multi-threaded app's)
- * the I/O system
- * the cache manager (speeds disk I/O)
- * NTFS (NT File System, replaces FAT)
-
- Familiarity with the Win32 base APIs involved would be
- helpful, though not required.
-
- Bio: David Solomon is a noted industry speaker. More info about
- his company's professional seminar series can be found at
- http://www.solsem.com. Quoted from there:
-
- "David is a recipient of the 1993 Microsoft Support Most
- Valuable Professional (MVP) award. In addition to ...
- giving seminars and writing technical articles, David
- speaks regularly at national and international developer
- conferences, and has served as Technical Chair for two
- past Windows NT conferences."
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- Enjoy!
- Saul J Rosenberg
- Chair, C++ and C SIG
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