[svlug] ACCU meeting tonight 'Haskell for the Real World'

[Walter Vannini]

When:      Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Topic:     Haskell for the Real World
Speaker:   Bryan O'Sullivan
Time:      6:30pm doors open
       7:00pm meeting begins
Where:     Symantec
       VCAFE building
       350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
       Mountain View, CA 94043
Map:       <http://tinyurl.com/334rv5>
Directions: VCAFE is accessible from the semicircular courtyard
between Symantec buildings <http://tinyurl.com/2dccgc>
Cost:      Free
More Info: <http://www.accu-usa.org>

Haskell is a functional programming language that is growing quickly in popularity. In this talk, we will talk about using Haskell to address some of today's toughest programming challenges: Delivering high quality software that performs well. Scaling effectively on modern multicore systems. Refactoring quickly as requirements evolve.

Bryan O'Sullivan is an Irish hacker and writer. His main interests are in distributed systems, functional programming, and open source software. He has written three books, most recently "Real World Haskell" and "Distributed revision control with Mercurial". He started programming in Haskell in 1993. Bryan lives in San Francisco; his web site is www.serpentine.com.

Meetings are open to the public and are free of charge.

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The ACCU meets monthly. Meetings are always open to the public and are free of charge. To suggest topics and speakers please email Walter Vannini via walterv at gbbservices.com