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Camp QB

Milden Hall
Milden Hall

On the weekend of 6-7 October we shall hold Camp QB.

This is an unprecedented opportunity for enthusiasts to engage with kdb+ at a deep level, in the company of the implementors and developers at Iverson College.

The masterclass

The revised q Reference material will be online by the time of the camp. This is V2.0, replacing and supplementing the material originally imported from the Kx Wiki. It will document the language formally and at a depth not attempted since the K Reference Manual of 1995.

Camp QB will teach a master class in the adverbs and in key primitive functions. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the ‘big engines’ of kdb+, such as Apply, Index and Amend, and how they combine powerfully with the adverbs. Expect sudden flashes of enlightenment – and personal moments of liberation from scalar thinking.

Instructors:

  • Geo Carncross, Kx Systems
  • Stephen Taylor, Kx Librarian
  • Attila Vrabecz, veteran kdb+ developer

Accommodation

We have

  • two 8-bed dormitories in the new Milden Hall ‘bunkhouse’, one for women, one for men
  • half a dozen ‘sofas’ in the Tudor barn, from divans to four-poster beds
  • space for some campers

Bring your laptop and a sleeping bag.

The accommodation is open from Friday evening.

Board

Buffet breakfasts and lunches Saturday and Sunday; barbecue Saturday evening.

If you arrive on Friday evening, feel free to join us for dinner at The White Horse in Edwardstone, 3 miles away. (Plenty of bicycles available at the Hall.)

Cost

accommodation cost
dormitory £200
barn £100
camping £50

This is priced to be accessible to all. If you have to be there but the cost is prohibitive, please write to sjt@5jt.com to ask about a bursary.

Travel

By rail to Sudbury from London Liverpool Street, then cab to Milden Hall.

Ample parking at Milden Hall if you drive.

Registration

Write to sjt@5jt.com with

  • preferred accommodation
  • expected day of arrival: Fr05Oct or Sa06Oct