[Oc-pm] Fwd: UUASC-OC August 2007 Program - Perl and REs

[Bill Gerrard]

Forwarding this as it contains interest for us Perl Mongers.

I probably won't be able to make it, but perhaps a few of you can.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hershel Remer <unixrabbi at rabbs.com>
Date: Aug 3, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: UUASC-OC August 2007 Program
To: uuasc-announce at uuasc.org

                    UUASC-OC
Unix Users Association of Southern California
            Orange County Chapter
                 August Meeting

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                  Perl and REs
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           Monday, Aug. 13, 7-9 PM

            Sun Microsystems, Inc.
         2020 S. Main St. in Irvine
                 12th Floor
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A renowned author on programming will makes his UUASC speaking debut by
sharing his knowledge with us on a number of coding tricks.

At the August meeting of UUASC-OC, Stephen Oualline will teach us how to avoid
known pitfalls and provide a few techniques we can use to write better Perl.
Then, he will shift gears and focus on making regular expressions more simple
for us. This will mark the first time in seven years that UUASC has hosted a
talk on the popular topic of REs.

Steve will guide us through the design of many different types of regular
expressions and will demonstrate how even the most complex RE can be made
simple by incorporating the use of a graph.

Steve wrote many books including "Practical C++ Programming", "How Not To
Program in C++", "Wicked Cool Perl Scripts", and "Perl for C Programmers". He
has more than 40 years of programming experience.

POST-MEETING ACTIVITIES: Join us at the Pilsner Room, within walking distance.

AFTER HOURS ACCESS: The Sun building's doors are locked at 7 p.m. If you
arrive late, please contact the guard at 949-372-2937 or 949-279-1539 for
access.

CARPOOL INFO: If you are interested in joining a carpool with other members,
please post an email to the general list, uuasc at uuasc.org , requesting carpool
info.

PARKING: Convenient FREE parking is located next to the Sun office building in
the visitor parking lot for after hours usage. Take a ticket when entering the
garage but don't be concerned - no one will be there to collect money when the
meeting ends, so you can exit for free.

DIRECTIONS: Exit the San Diego Freeway (I-405) at MacArthur, go north (away
from the airport) to the signal at Main Street (the first cross-street), turn
right to Mercantile (the first signal on Main Street), turn right to parking.
Please visit our web site, http://uuasc.org/oc.html , where you will find a
detailed map. Here's an ASCII version:


            |    Mercantile           | Gillette
            |         v               |
  Main -----+---------+---------------+-----------
            |         | ElTorito      |
            |         |               |
            |         | Sun           |
            |         \_______________/
            +--\     parking
            |  /\
  405 ======|=====================================
            |  \/
   Airport  +--/    (all intersections shown
            |        have signals (+))

The El Torito is on the corner and can serve as a landmark. The Pilsner Room
is at the other end of the same block, Gillette and Main. The Sun building is
behind the one with El Torito. 949-833-1640.

UUASC-OC wants to thank our host, Sun Microsystems, for the continued support
of our meetings.

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