<div dir="ltr"><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hello Mongers!  </span></h3><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
<span style="font-weight:normal">We're starting off 2014 with a bang!  Static vs Dynamic typing and Hadoop/Hive.  See you in a-week-and-a-half!</span></h3><div>peace,</div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>LA.pm's next meeting</b></span><br></div><table style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
<tbody><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">What:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Los Angeles Perl Mongers Meeting</td>
</tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">When:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">7-9pm</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
Date:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Wednesday January 22, 2014</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Where:</td>
<td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Demand Media, 1655 26th St, Santa Monica, CA</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
Theme:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Perl!</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">Refreshments:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
Food and BEvERages provided by Demand Media</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">RSVP:</td><td style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif">
Responses always appreciated.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:15.555556297302246px;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif"></p><h4 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif;font-size:15.555556297302246px">
Presentations:</h4><ol style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,Univers,sans-serif;font-size:15.555556297302246px"><li>Randal Schwartz: <i>Dynamic Returns: a comparison of Static vs Dynamic Typing</i> <br>
Abstract: describes the difference between Strong vs Weak typing, Static vs Dynamic typing, and Implicit vs Explicit typing, and ultimately justify why Perl's dynamic typing (for user-defined types) ultimately succeeds. Oops, I just gave away the ending. :)</li>
<li>Chuck Hardin: <i>Using perl to communicate with hive</i> <br>Abstract: a beginner's introduction to hive, one beginner to another.</li></ol><div><br class="">ps.  Sponsorships available if your company wants to buy the pizza and beers :)<font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Univers, sans-serif" size="1"><br>
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