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The 2007 Haskell Hackathon, Hac 07

January 10-12, 2007

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Following the success of the GHC Hackathon at ICFP, we are pleased to announce that the inaugural Haskell Hackathon! The event will be held over 3 days, January 10-12 2007, at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, in the UK.

The plan is to hack on Haskell infrastructure, tools, libraries and compilers. To attend please register, and get ready to hack those lambdas!

Important dates

10-12 January, 2007

         January 2007

    Su  Mo  Tu  We  Th  Fr  Sa
         1   2   3   4   5   6
     7   8   9 [10__11__12] 13 
    14  15  16  17  18  19  20
    21  22  23  24  25  26  27
    28  29  30  31

From 10am until the code stops typechecking, at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.

Registration

If you will be attending add your name to the Registration page. Numbers may be limited, depending on availablity of space.

Logistics

Accomodation

Travel

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html

Oxford

Flying

London Heathrow (LHR) is the best airport.

Food

Arranged locally.

Facilities

What to bring

Yourself
Laptop, wireless card, ethernet cable
Typechecker
Lambdas
Brain snacks

Before you arrive

Install darcs
Make sure you have an up to date Cabal
Get a darcs GHC, Yhc, Hugs installed

What we will bring

Wireless net access
Wired net access
Room to hack
Power points

What to hack on

A list of projects people want to work on. Add your list!

porting libraries
new library/tool releases
compiler ports: want to get YHC running on your favourite machine?
new tools
infrastructure hacking: cabal, hackage
documentation
tutorials
bug squashing
feature implementations (walk the Trac list)

Scheduling is flexible, feel free to drop in any time during the 3 days.

Related events

PADL, Nice/France, January 14-15 2007
DAMP, Nice/France, January 16
TLDI, Nice/France, January 16
POPL, Nice/France, January 17-19 2007

Organisers

Duncan Coutts
Ian Lynagh
Don Stewart

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-'''Oxford, Jan 10-12, 2007'''
+'''January 10-12, 2007'''
+'''Oxford University Computing Laboratory'''
 Following the success of the [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Hackathon GHC] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon Hackathon]
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 hack those lambdas!
-== Registration ==
+== Important dates ==
+'''10-12 January, 2007'''
-If you will be attending add your name to the [[/Registration|Registration page]].
-Numbers may be limited, depending on availablity of space.
+          January 2007
-== When ==
+     Su  Mo  Tu  We  Th  Fr  Sa
-'''10-12 January, 2007'''
+2   3   4   5   6
+8   9 [10__11__12] 13
+15  16  17  18  19  20
+22  23  24  25  26  27
+29  30  31
-from 10am until the code stops typechecking
+From 10am until the code stops typechecking, at the Oxford University
+Computing Laboratory, UK.
-== Where ==
+== Registration ==
+If you will be attending add your name to the [[/Registration|Registration page]].
+Numbers may be limited, depending on availablity of space.
+== Logistics ==
-Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
-== Accomodation ==
+=== Accomodation ===
 * http://www.ox.ac.uk/visitors/
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 * http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/venues.php?cat=hotel
-== Getting there ==
+=== Travel ===
-=== Oxford University Computing Laboratory ===
+''Oxford University Computing Laboratory''
 * http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html
-=== Oxford ===
+''Oxford''
 * http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/how.shtml
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 * http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/guide/index.html
-=== Flying ===
+''Flying''
 * London Heathrow (LHR) is the best airport.
-== What to bring ==
+=== Food ===
+Arranged locally.
+== Facilities ==
+=== What to bring ===
 * Yourself
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 * Brain snacks
-== Before you arrive ==
+=== Before you arrive ===
 * Install [http://darcs.net darcs]
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 * Get a darcs [http://haskell.org/ghc GHC], [[Yhc]], [http://haskell.org/hugs Hugs] installed
-== What we will bring ==
+=== What we will bring ===
 * Wireless net access
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 * Power points
-== What to hack on ==
+=== What to hack on ===
 [[/Projects|A list of projects]] people want to work on. Add your list!
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 Scheduling is flexible, feel free to drop in any time during the 3 days.
-== Food ==
+== Related events ==
-Arranged locally.
-== Key Dates ==
-          January 2007
-     Su Mo Tu We Th Fr  Sa
-2  3  4  5   6
-8  9[10 11 12] 13
-15 16 17 18 19  20
-22 23 24 25 26  27
-29 30 31
-* HaC07 Oxford       January 10-12, 2007
-Related events:
 * PADL, Nice/France, January 14-15 2007