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with Sam Newman

This event will be held in the Kilburn Building, University of Manchester at 6:45pm on Wednesday October 21st, 2009. The venue requires a list of names in advance so, if you'd like to come along, please register. If you have an upcoming.com username that is recognisable as your real name, you can register by saying "I'm coming" on our upcoming.org event page. Otherwise, please fill in this registration form.

The last few years have seen a growth in languages which use the JVM. Gone are the days when only niche languages like Jython or Beanshell were the only serious alternatives. A new crop of languages has emerged to leverage the JVM and its toolset, coinciding with an increased level of frustration regarding the slow pace of change in the Java language proper.

This talk will give an overview of the current language on the JVM landscape, focusing on two of the most popular - if wildly different languages, Scala and Clojure.

This session will be of interest to anyone with a passing interest in the future of the JVM, and the new crop of languages that are being built for it. No prior knowledge of Scala or Clojure is required, although if you have any you may be able to help the speaker out :-)

Sam Newman is a technical consultant at ThoughtWorks, where he has been for over five years. He has worked with a variety of companies in both delivery and enablement roles, but tends to prefer the more complex technical challenges over coaching roles. He has written articles for O'Reilly, presented at conferences, and sporadically commits to open source projects. Principally a Java developer, he also spends lots of time with Scala, Python, Javascript.

We'd like to thank the university for allowing us to use their facilities.


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