ACCU 2010 Call for Papers

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>> So I compel you to think of submitting a talk proposal.<
> 
> Do you have ideas/suggestions for our possible topics to write talks about?

Good question. A great starting point for figuring out the style is 
perusing the schedule of past ACCU conferences at www.accu.org. A few 
suggestions off the top of my head:

* Focus on one feature of D and explain it in depth. Example: "String 
mixins: the assembly language of generative programming". Wow that's 
such a cool topic. Example: "Template lalaland: a comparison of Java, 
C#, C++, and D template mechanisms"

* Pick a design technique or pattern and illustrate it with D code 
(and/or code from other languages). Example: "Hot patching in D: how to 
make a compiled language act as an interpreter".

* This particular conference's focus is on testing, so anything 
interesting related to it would be welcome. Example: "Beyond unittests: 
systematic testing and coverage techniques for the D programming 
language and beyond"

* Concurrency is always a popular topic.

* I've given an immutability in D talk in 2008, but I feel there's more 
interesting stuff to be said.

* The ACCU crowd is always interested in methodology talks, something 
that I'm not an expert in. But if you are, go for it. Example: "How RUP, 
Agile, XP, and waterfall can save the day if used together"

* Talking about a particular library or framework is always very 
popular. Example: "Dux: A High-Performance windowing/building/constraint 
solving/matrix/math/logging/networking/persistence/you got the idea 
library for D"



Andrei