Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 21, 2000

Volume 28, Number 29

Annual Perlis symposium will feature experts
on computer programming language

"Programming Languages: Theory vs. Practice" is the theme of the annual Alan J. Perlis Symposium, which will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science on Thursday, April 27.

The event will feature a dialogue between four speakers, two of whom have developed popular programming languages and two who are specialists in the theory of programming computer languages. It will begin with opening remarks by Paul Hudak, professor and chair of computer science, at 9:45 a.m. in Rm. 101 of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.

The speakers and the times of their individual talks are: James Gosling of Sun Microsystems, the creator of Java, at 10 a.m.; Robert Harper of Carnegie Mellon University, a pioneer in the application of rigorous type theory to programming language design and implementation, at 11 a.m.; Randal L. Schwartz of Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc., who helped create and disseminate the Perl language, at 1:30 p.m.; and Philip Wadler of Bell Laboratories, codesigner of the programming languages Haskell and Generic Java, at 2:30 p.m.

A panel discussion will follow their talks at 3:30 p.m., moderated by Zhong Shao, assistant professor of computer science. A reception will follow in the common room of Luce Hall.

All events are free and open to the public. For information, call (203) 432-1997.

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