Announcing Functional Fall: A 6-session functional programming reading circle in the Fall

["Lalish-Menagh, Trevor" <trev@trevmex.com>]

Lambdas, combinators and s-expresions, on my!  With the likes of
Clojure, Scala and F#, functional programming has been making a
comeback.  Functional ideas have been popping up from systems as large
as Hadoop to ones as small as a multi-core processor.  Come find out
what all the fuss is about at "A Functional Fall", by Comcast
Interactive Media and Philly Lambda.  We'll be reading and discussing
a variety of functional papers, starting with "Why Functional
Programming Matters".  From there, the group will vote on the next
paper to study.  The group will run for a total of six meetings
throughout the fall, and we'll meet at the Comcast Center, with the
obligatory migration to a local watering hole to give our brains a
rest afterwards.  Hope to see you all there!

You can get the first paper at
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/dat/miranda/whyfp90.pdf.

RSVP at http://www.doodle.com/dvd85t6iw8hs8vqp.

Check us out on the web at http://functionalfall.com/.

The dates are:
Sept. 7, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM
Sept. 21, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM
Oct. 5, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM
Oct. 19, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM
Nov. 2, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM
Nov. 16, 2011 6:30-8:00 PM

I am looking forward to seeing you there!

Yours,
Trevor
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Trevor Lalish-Menagh
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