Re: Philly Lambda Charter / Splintering, was Re: Scala in Philly?

[Aaron Feng <aaron.feng@gmail.com>]

Hi Brian,

> Honestly, it just seemed that a group focused primarily on Scala didn't fit
> with Philly Lambda's charter.

For some reason, the group has been more focused on Lisp than anything else.
I just checked the meeting's page (yes, I just updated :) )  and there were 6 Lisp related
meetings, and one on Scala.  Not saying the group isn't interested in Scala, in fact,
I think it's quite the opposite.  It's just in the past, people have offered to do more Lisp
presentations.  I definitely think Scala related talks would be very welcomed by the
group members.

> what's going on with
> Philly Lambda, but I thought (perhaps erroneously) that trying to shoehorn a
> Scala group into Philly Lambda might go against the more inclusive nature of
> the Philly Lambda charter.

After all, we had 6 Lisp meetings :)

A lot of people come to Philly Lambda for a break from the norm.  I believe this is why
the group has been focused on interesting and up-and-coming technologies. After the meetings
when we go to a pub, the conversation is usually centered around FP.

However, I can definitely appreciate a more focused group.

Aaron