<br><br>-- <br>-bill!<br>Sent from a mobile device<br><br>----- Forwarded message -----<br>From: "Ali Cehreli" <acehreli@gmail.com><br>Date: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 22:16<br>Subject: ACCU: Wednesday, January 12 - Vlad Patryshev, "Monads, Functors, Functions, Scala, and Java"<br>To: <acehreli@yahoo.com><br><br>When: Wednesday, January 12, 2011<br>Topic: Monads, Functors, Functions, Scala, and Java<br>Speaker: Vlad Patryshev<br>Time: 6:30pm doors open<br> 7:00pm meeting begins<br>Where: Symantec<br> VCAFE building<br> 350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)<br> Mountain View, CA 94043<br>Map: <<a href="http://tinyurl.com/334rv5">http://tinyurl.com/334rv5</a>><br>Directions: VCAFE is next to the semicircular courtyard<br> between Symantec buildings visible in the satellite view<br> <<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dccgc">http://tinyurl.com/2dccgc</a>><br>Cost: Free<br>More Info: <<a href="http://www.accu-usa.org">http://www.accu-usa.org</a>><br><br>Monads are a popular buzzword, but the basic knowledge is missing.<br>Let's fill the gaps. This talk is based on the online presentation at<br><<a href="http://prezi.com/3yecwrcccpj-/monads-functors-functions-javascala/">http://prezi.com/3yecwrcccpj-/monads-functors-functions-javascala/</a>><br><br>Vlad was born in Russia, lived mostly in St.Petersburg, and came to<br>this country in 1998. He's lived in California since, working as a<br>software engineer at Borland, Google, and Tango.me.<br><br>Meetings are open to the public and are free of charge.<br><br>---- Upcoming ACCU talks -----<br><br>Wednesday, February 9, 2011<br>Hugh Williams<br>"A Tour of a Modern Search Engine"<br><br>Wednesday, March 9, 2011<br>Jason Evans<br>"Memory debugging with jemalloc after application deployment"<br><br>---------<br><br>The ACCU meets monthly. Meetings are always open to the public and are<br>free of charge. To suggest topics and speakers please email Walter<br>Vannini via walterv@gbbservices.com<br><br><br><br>