Distinguished Lecturer Series

Tuesday, November 16, 1999

OTUG announces another in its Distinguished Lecturer Series in the O'Shaughnessy Education Center (OEC) at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul.

Social hour	Hors d'oeuvres and conversation	5:45 pm
Allen Wirfs-Brock	"JOVE – an Optimizing Compiler for Java"	7:00 pm
Ron Jeffries	"Extreme Programming"	8:30 pm

The event is free for OTUG members. Non-members can join at the door (Dues are $20.00 annually, $35.00 for two years).

Allen Wirfs-Brock
Object-oriented languages such as Java and Smalltalk promise and frequently deliver significant increases in programmer productivity. However, the object-oriented features that promote programmer productivity seem to be inherently less efficient than classic procedural programming constructs. Does this mean that we will always face an inevitable trade-off between productivity and performance? JOVE is a new, optimizing compiler for Java whose design goal is to eliminate the inherent runtime overhead of object-oriented programming. This talk will explain how this is accomplished.

Allen Wirfs-Brock has spent the last twenty years working to make object-oriented programming languages practical for large-scale application development. Allen is currently Chief Technology Officer of Instantiations Inc. Previously, Allen was Chief Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. and Vice President of Technology at Digitalk, Inc. Allen has spoken on object-oriented technology at numerous conferences.

Ron Jeffries
The lightweight software development discipline called "Extreme Programming" is getting a lot of attention lately, with its emphasis on effective development without heavy process. Ron Jeffries, the self-proclaimed least of the XP gurus and long-time coach on the Chrysler XP project, "C3", will describe how XP works and why. We'll question him until he confesses the truth.

Directions

The O'Shaughnessy Education Center is on the Cleveland Avenue side of the north campus. The university's web site has an excellent map: www.stthomas.edu/maps

Parking

Parking at St. Thomas can be a little challenging. And violating either the city or university parking rules can result in a ticket. You have two parking options: in a lot or on the street. Your best chance of finding a good spot is to arrive early – evening classes start at 5:45 PM.

Lot parking: There is an underground visitors pay lot under the new Apartment Residence on the North Campus adjacent to the athletic fields at Cretin and Selby Avenues. Enter the University from Selby Avenue at Finn Street and follow the road down towards the stadium playing field.

Street parking: There are parking spaces on the streets that border the campus itself–specifically certain sides of Summit, Cleveland, Cretin and Selby Avenues. Posted time restrictions apply to several of these streets, so please check the signs. Parking on other city streets is not allowed within three blocks of campus, and this rule is strictly enforced by city police – watch for the signs as parking on a city street that is posted as "permit-only" will cost you ~$20.