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

[Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com>]

This is a great choice for the first paper. It was my introduction to
functional programming,
and as such, I didn't really understand it that well when I first read
it. I'm excited to revisit it
now that I'm more familiar with the terrain after having written a
handful of Haskell programs.

Three cheers for "A New Kind of Glue"

--Jim


On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor <trev@trevmex.com> wrote:
> 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
> --
> Trevor Lalish-Menagh
> trev@trevmex.com
> 484.868.6150 (mobile)
> trevmex (AIM)
>



-- 
--Jim