[PRL] potential rescheduling of Continuations reading grp

[Matthias Felleisen]

FYI, I will discuss continuations to some extent in HoPL next spring.
I am not trying to discourage you from another reading group but
my hunch is that for most of you this one might be a distraction for
now. -- Matthias, king of continuations (according to Phil Wadler),
Professor of Computer Science (according to a college catalogue)
:-)

On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Felix S Klock wrote:

> Northeastern PRL students-
>
> If you are not interested in the Continuations reading group at all, 
> please disregard this message.
>
> Ken Shan and I have been discussing the timing of his Continuations 
> Reading Group.  It is currently scheduled from 1 to 2:30 at Harvard, 
> which cuts very close to the NEU PhD Seminar.
>
> Some PL students have expressed interest in attending the reading 
> group, but said that given the timing, it is not possible this 
> semester.  Others have also expressed an interest, but said that this 
> semester would not work, *regardless* of timing (in other words, 
> they're just too hosed this semester)
>
> Ken asked me how well Mondays would work for people, sometime between 
> 1 and 4 PM.
>
> So, I'm trying to get some numbers to give to Ken.  I'll be sending 
> the response sometime tonight (Sept 18th) so if you're reading this 
> after that day, don't bother sending any responses at all.
>
> If you are not interested in the reading group at all, don't send any 
> response.
>
> Please send responses to gatherinfok at pnkfx.org, not pnkfelix.
>
> if you are interested but cannot attend this semester because you are 
> simply too busy, email "TOO BUSY" to gatherinfok at pnkfx.org.  (This is 
> so I can encourage Ken to run the workshop in the future).
>
> If you are interested and have enough free time in general and the 
> current time works, email "THURSDAY WORKS"
>
> if you are interested and have enough free time in general, but the 
> current time doesn't work, and Monday 1-4 *would* work, then send 
> "MONDAY WORKS" to gatherinfok at pnkfx.org
>
> If you are interested, have enough time in general, but neither the 
> current time nor the proposed time works, send "NEITHER WORKS"
>
> Here, some of you might have an easier time with this form of 
> instruction:
> (if (interested-in-continuations-reading-group)
>     (email-to "gatherinfok at pnkfx.org"
>        (cond
>           [(too-busy-this-semester) "TOO BUSY")]
>           [(current-time-works)         "THURSDAY WORKS")]
>           [(monday-1..4-works)        "MONDAY WORKS")]
>           [else                                      "NEITHER 
> WORKS")])))
>
>
> Once again, I'll be sending a response to Ken sometime tonight.
>
> Thanks,
> -Felix
>
> p.s. if this sort of note is not appropriate for PRL, please let me 
> know.
>
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