On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Navin Kabra <navin.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was thinking of doing a series of presentations on Javascript - and > later > > on, perhaps other interesting languages, at the monthly meetings of PLUG; > I > > was wondering how many attendees are programmers, and/or how many would > be > > interested in such presentations? > > > > Kapil, > I am sure there will be enough enthusiasts. > Even if there aren't enough on the PLUG mailing list, I'm sure that we can > find people interested in Javascript and other programming languages in > other places. > > Possibly, PLUG is not necessarily the right forum for this - because there > will be PLUG people who are not interested in programming languages, and > there will be PL people who are not interested in linux. I have been > talking > with a few other people about creating a Programming Languages special > interest group. We could meet monthly and talk about different programming > languages, language paradigms, OO vs functional vs prototype based > programming, etc. > > What do you think? > > navin. > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > Navin Good idea - but we could take this further and make it a computer science/technology interest group encompassing a multitude of topics from programming languages, operating systems, artificial intelligence, etc... I'm not sure how successful such a group would be; would it be a useful idea to start out within another group(like PLUG) and then form a separate forum if there seem to be enough attendees? Kaisare, Kapil Sadashiv ------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Urgent [ ] Important [*] FYI [ ] Official [ ] Work-related [*] Personal [ ] Reply [*] As you please [ ] Ignore ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
