llvm dev - Oct 2009 - [LLVMdev] Opportunities for meeting more frequently than once a year?

So I wasn't able to attend the developer meeting this year, even though 
I had signed up for it. This was a big disappointment to me, 
particularly because I had hoped to get some hands-on assistance for 
some unsolved problems that I have been struggling with for the last six 
months or so. Unfortunately, some of these problems aren't easily 
reducible to a simple test case which I can send as an email attachment, 
and of the ones I do post on this list, about half go unanswered (not 
that I'm casting blame, I know how these things go.) In any case, I 
figured I would simply put those problems aside and then bring my laptop 
to the developer meeting and possibly get one or more of the LLVM 
experts to spend some time with me. And then I had to go and miss the 
meeting. :(

So I kind of wonder if there are possibly other opportunities for 
face-to-face interaction with the LLVM folks, on a smaller but more 
frequent basis than the annual developer meeting. Something like a user 
group? :)

-- Talin

On Oct 18, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Talin wrote:
> So I wasn't able to attend the developer meeting this year, even  
> though
> I had signed up for it. This was a big disappointment to me,
> particularly because I had hoped to get some hands-on assistance for
> some unsolved problems that I have been struggling with for the last  
> six
> months or so. Unfortunately, some of these problems aren't easily
> reducible to a simple test case which I can send as an email  
> attachment,
> and of the ones I do post on this list, about half go unanswered (not
> that I'm casting blame, I know how these things go.) In any case, I
> figured I would simply put those problems aside and then bring my  
> laptop
> to the developer meeting and possibly get one or more of the LLVM
> experts to spend some time with me. And then I had to go and miss the
> meeting. :(
>
> So I kind of wonder if there are possibly other opportunities for
> face-to-face interaction with the LLVM folks, on a smaller but more
> frequent basis than the annual developer meeting. Something like a  
> user
> group? :)
Sure, sounds fun.  We just lack an organizer.  If you make it happen,  
I'm pretty sure people will come :)

-Chris

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com>
wrote:
>
> On Oct 18, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Talin wrote:
>
>> So I wasn't able to attend the developer meeting this year, even
>> though
>> I had signed up for it. This was a big disappointment to me,
>> particularly because I had hoped to get some hands-on assistance for
>> some unsolved problems that I have been struggling with for the last
>> six
>> months or so. Unfortunately, some of these problems aren't easily
>> reducible to a simple test case which I can send as an email
>> attachment,
>> and of the ones I do post on this list, about half go unanswered (not
>> that I'm casting blame, I know how these things go.) In any case, I
>> figured I would simply put those problems aside and then bring my
>> laptop
>> to the developer meeting and possibly get one or more of the LLVM
>> experts to spend some time with me. And then I had to go and miss the
>> meeting. :(
>>
>> So I kind of wonder if there are possibly other opportunities for
>> face-to-face interaction with the LLVM folks, on a smaller but more
>> frequent basis than the annual developer meeting. Something like a
>> user
>> group? :)
>
> Sure, sounds fun.  We just lack an organizer.  If you make it happen,
> I'm pretty sure people will come :)
>
> -Chris
>
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That would all depend on how many LLVM users there are within easy
driving distance of you.  I guess a good way to find out is to post
your physical location here and see how many nibbles you get.