LL Future

Evidently Perl 6 and Ruby are lightweight languages!

Whatever. Sounds like this conference was really interesting. One comment by Larry Wall surprised me:

“We learn natural languages by repeating what other people say. We learn programming languages by copying what other people do, and eventually, we discover the meaning”

Reminds me of Kent Beck: "Monkey see, monkey do."
And Richard Gabriel's essay: Designed As Designer.

Open Source Postcards from Japan: ”Lightweight Language Future”: Japan’s Largest Dynamic Language Conference Held in Tokyo: "”Lightweight Language Future”: Japan’s Largest Dynamic Language Conference Held in Tokyo
On August 30th, approximately 1000 “Lightweight Language” enthusiasts gathered in Nakano, Tokyo, for the sixth annual Conference named “Lightweight Language Future” that was held by LL Future Organization http://ll.jus.or.jp/2008/info (Japanese)."