[kwlug-announce] Meeting Monday: Rust (March 2017, take 2)

[Paul Nijjar]

(Apologies if you get this a second time.)

This month's meeting is about Theo Belaire's adventures with the
programming language Rust. The language is pretty trendy these days
because like C or C++ it is suitable for systems programming where
runtime performance is critical, but unlike the aforementioned
languages it is not insane, and goes out of its way to enforce type
safety and memory management techniques that reduce runtime memory
leaks and program crashes significantly. Mozilla is using Rust to
implement its next-generation rendering engine, and Theo is using Rust
to write Linux kernel modules and realtime operating systems.

In other events, the next Laptop Rescue Mission is scheduled for
Saturday, March 18, from 4pm-8pm or so. As always, we welcome
newcomers and people of all skill levels to help refurbish laptops and
get Xubuntu installed on them. Message me offlist if you would like to
participate.

As the prophecies foretold, the Great KWLUG Webhost Migration will be
happening this month. We do not have a transition date finalized yet,
but it ought to be soon. Mailing lists and the websites are both being
migrated to the new webhost. We hope there will be no serious
disruptions, but you can check the website ( http://kwlug.org ) or maybe
the Twitter ( https://mobile.twitter.com/kwlug ) for status updates.

Speaking of the new website, there is a pre-release version of the
website available at https://d8.kwlug.org . We are collecting feedback
now. If you spot a problem, are really missing a feature, or have
other feedback please get in touch: email me offlist or use the
website contact form. We especially would appreciate people testing
the website on different operating systems and browsers. 

The prophecies also foretold that our friends at Hive Waterloo Region
would be holding their "Change the Ratio" event this month, on
Wednesday, March 8, at the main branch of the Kitchener Public
Library. Register for the event at
http://hivewr.ca/events/change-ratio-waterloo-region/ . 

I do not know whether the prophecies foretold our meeting location,
but it is again at St John's Kitchen: 

St John's Kitchen
97 Victoria Street North
(at Weber)
Kitchener

For photos and maps visit http://kwlug.org/sjk . For parking use the
thrift store parking lot. For gratitude please help with setup,
starting around 6:30pm. 

- Paul 

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