ActiveState is pleased to provide this information on behalf of dotnetBC, Vancouver's .Net U
ser Group Community:

dotNetBC is proud to announce its next meeting:

"Perl and the .NET Framework" by Eric Promislow

Date: Wednesday, May 28th, 7:00 pm
RSVP: meetings@[...].net
Location: New Media Innovation Center, 515 W. Hastings, 6th floor, Vancouver, BC
(Use Richards Street entrance near the corner of W. Hastings)

The Perl language was once relegated to Unix systems, where system administrators used it to
 automate their myriad tasks, and programmers used its text-parsing powers whenever awk or t
he shell failed to live up to the task.

The Web, and specifically, CGI, changed everything. The first webmasters were Unix Sys Admin
s and programmers, and saw how Perl was the easiest way to get things done. At the same time
, the Perl language matured somewhat, adding objects, Unicode support, multi-threading, and 
a large third-party library to its repertoire. Perl started with some Unix-specific construc
ts, but over time has made the leap to many platforms, and is one of the best languages for 
combining multiple languages on multiple platforms.

This talk will address the how and why of integrating Perl code with the .NET Framework. It 
will cover using Perl objects from .NET code, using .NET objects from Perl code, and will sh
ow how current tools assist the beleaguered programmer.

About Eric Promislow

Eric has spent much of his career working with Programming Language technology. His MSc. at 
Queen's University (Kingston) in the mid-1980s involved developing an experimental, Scheme-b
ased language designed for the rapid prototype of new languages. After that, he worked at So
ftware Exoterica (later known as OmniMark Technologies), where he co-developed the SGML-base
d OmniMark programming language, and then got to work on some interesting applications that 
used SGML and XML technology to deliver rich content, at a time when first CD-ROM and then W
eb technologies were revolutionizing everyday access to information.

Eric joined ActiveState in 2000, about three months before Microsoft launched the .NET Frame
work, and started a new chapter on how we develop different kinds of software. Eric is the d
evelopment lead on the Visual Studio .NET Plug-Ins, which currently include Visual Perl, Vis
ual Python, and Visual XSLT.

About dotNetBC

dotNetBC is a volunteer run user group that meets regularly to share and discuss topics surr
ounding the .Net framework. If you would like to know more about dotNetBC, please visit http
://www.dotnetbc.net.

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