Keywords

• High-level languages
• Software quality
• Aspect-Oriented Programming
• Lisp, Scheme, Python, Smalltalk

Motivation

We have nearly finished the first stage of creating a complely free operating system. We have several kernels, basic libraries, programming tools, and lots more.

The second stage, writing applications, is making fast progress. This stage differs in a crucial way from the first, in that we do not have any specifications for applications, whereas for system software we have ANSI/ISO C, Posix, etc. Writing applications will thus require more experimentation. Very high-level languages and development environments will therefore likely play an essential role for this development.

For developers of free software, productivity is essential, for the simple reason that many of these developers are not paid for their efforts. This is another good reason for using very high-level languages.

Finally, the use of such languages is necessary for the quality (correctness, robustness, maintainability) of the applications we develop.

The purpose of this topic is to realize a state of the art among the languages and systems for developing applications, by gathering developers of Lisp (Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp), Scheme (Guile, Kawa, etc), Python, Smalltalk and others.

Subtopics

• Lisp (Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp)
• Scheme (Guile, Kawa, etc.)
• Python
• Smalltalk

Schedule

Wednesday, July 10th

10:00 - 10:20	Presentation of the topic and the speakers , by Robert STRANDH	ENSEIRB Amphi C
10:40 - 11:40	CMUCL, a free implementation of Common Lisp , by Eric MARSDEN	ENSEIRB Amphi C
11:40 - 12:40	SBCL: Principles and Future , by Christophe RHODES	ENSEIRB Amphi C
14:00 - 15:00	Aspect-Oriented Programming in Java , by Laurent MARTELLI	ENSEIRB Amphi C
15:00 - 16:00	McCLIM the free Common Lisp Interface Manager , by Robert STRANDH	ENSEIRB Amphi C
16:20 - 17:20	A Web Browser written in Common Lisp and CLIM , by Gilbert BAUMANN	ENSEIRB Amphi C