2007 December Coders Bash

By sam keen | Published: December 12, 2007

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:00 -0800

This December Multiple Portland programming users groups are going to combine meetings into on large meeting. This will be a socializing, festive atmosphere meant to allow the local group members to mingle and get to know their fellow scripters (compilers also welcome :).

Meet folks from the groups of: PHP, Python, Ruby, Postgres, Perl, etc….

Pizza and Beverage will be provided. Also there will be many Geek type events with Prizes.

Some of the events we are considering (subject to change due to group consensus)…

I remember when, the BS game (any story of geekery, starting with "I remember when" or "I was there when" allowed, and then you call BS or not.
Name That Language. Snippets from obscure and entertaining languages posted. Can you recognize an algorithm in whitespace if it's surrounded by poetry?
5 Minute Code Sprints: 5 minutes to solve a problem. Prove your language best, or shortest, or most obscure. Whatever you like.
"I can name that programming language in 3 lines of code": Name that language Duels. Challenge your opponent that you can name a Programing language by seeing less lines of code than them.
Best WTF snippet: Do your worst and be the best

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