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13	13	Fortress is a new programming language designed for high-performance computing (HPC) with high programmability. Fortress features include implicit parallelism, transactional memory, and a syntax based on mathematical notation. In this tutorial, we will give a hands-on introduction to the Fortress programming language for experienced programmers through short programming examples. By the end of the tutorial, you will have written short parallel programs, and have run them on your laptop. The tutorial will be given by Sukyoung Ryu and Jan-Willem Maessen, two members of the Programming Language Research Group at Sun Microsystems Laboratories. Participants are expected to bring their own laptops.
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15		= ~~A Need: Syntax By Example~~ =
	15	= Fortress reference card =
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17		We need a document that present concrete examples of various pieces of Fortress language syntax, so that there's something for folks to refer to as they write code the first time. This should ''not'' look like a grammar; instead it should just show snippets of code in context, possibly followed by a generalized pattern. This might be a good thing to include in the wiki. It should probably be in ascii syntax so that it's clear what programmers should be typing in.
	17	[http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/reference.pdf?format=raw A quick Fortress reference card] is now available.
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19	19	= Preparing for class =