[tlug] [announcement] July 26 TLUG Technical Meeting

["A.Tomita" <atomita@example.com>]

-=-=-=- Announcement: July 26, 2014 TLUG Technical Meeting -=-=-=-=-
 
Meeting information
 
   Date:  July 26, 2014 (Saturday)

   Time:  14:00-17:00 (doors open 13:30) 

   Place: KDDI Web Communications
          Sumitomo Fudosan Koujimachi Bldg.
          3-6 Koujimachi
          Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083 

   Presentations/Short Talks:

   1.  i18n on Linux by example: Japanese (by Christian Horn)

       What are i18n and l10n? Do we need that?
       Character encodings: what is it, what are the most important ones?
       output of unicode characters on Linux
       converting between encodings
       input of russian or Japanese characters
       Locales
       i18n for webpages end email
       i18n in BIOS/Console/UEFI 


   2. Metasepi Report: Writing NetBSD Sound Drivers in Haskell (by Kiwamu Okabe)

      Most strongly typed, functional programming languages are 
      not equipped with a reentrant garbage collector. Therefore
      such languages are not used for operating systems programming, 
      where the virtues of types are most desired. We propose the 
      use of Context-Local Heaps (CLHs) to achieve reentrancy, which
      also increasing the speed of garbage collection.
      We have implemented CLHs in Ajhc http://ajhc.metasepi.org/, 
      a Haskell compiler derived from jhc http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/, 
      rewritten some NetBSD sound drivers using Ajhc, and benchmarked them. 

Details: http://tlug.jp/wiki/Meetings:2014:07

Other items on the agenda are:
1. Introduction of new members, news about Linux/Open Source,
   general announcements, Q&A
2. Auction (bring any gear that would would like to donate to TLUG) 

All Linux users and supporters of open source code and free software
are invited to attend this Tokyo Linux Users Group (TLUG) meeting.
Membership is open to anyone. There are no membership dues or entrance
fees.

After the meeting, we will continue chatting over a few beers.

About TLUG
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TLUG is a non-profit, non-political organization established in June
of 1994 to exchange information on the use of Linux and Free Software
Foundation tools. TLUG has an active mailing list, home page, and
regular physical meetings. Discussions are primarily held in English,
but non-English speakers are encouraged to come and participate.
We especially want to encourage Japanese people to attend and will make
efforts to support a bilingual meeting.

TLUG generally hosts technical meetings every odd-numbered month on the
2nd Saturday, and a nomikai (social even at a pub) every even-numbered
month on the 2nd Friday.

The TLUG home page is available at http://www.tlug.jp

For any instructions or info before the meeting:
     Edward Middleton ............ 090-3689-0292
     Alberto Tomita   ............ 080-3463-9256