Strange Loop 2012: not your average "developers" conference

Before I wrote an extended review/retrospective of Strange Loop 2012 I wanted to write a quick note as to what Strange Loop is all about and what it isn't. 

What Strange Loop is:

• Strange Loop is for people interested in Computer Science, Philosophy and other related inter-disciplinary sciences (Computational Neuroscience, Computational Linguistics, etc). 
• Strange Loop is about community and collaboration, a convergence point for programming language authors, collaborators, critics and so forth.

What Strange Loop isn't:

• Strange Loop is not a conference targeting marketing, project or product managers (or mangers at all, for that matter). If you are one of these, you will find yourself bored rather quickly, specially if your Computer Science knowledge is superficial or not up to snuff.
• Strange Loop is not a conference where companies and corporations come to market, hawk or show off their wares.  In fact, the conference organizers managed to have their corporate sponsors in the background and I think most attendees appreciated that very much.
• Strange Loop is not a conference where you'll get to see "pro-tips" or the next great thing in web frameworks or whatever mobile hype you hear about these days. Again, if you are looking for that type of experience, you'll find yourself in the wrong conference amongst the wrong crowd.

Strange Loop is a great (amazing, even) conference but is definitely more on the academic side of things, if you are the type looking for the latest buzz on tech, this is not the conference for you. If you love learning about the art and science of writing programming languages, the philosophy behind them then there's no better conference out there for you, in my opinion.