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

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

Actually we're still 13 days away, aren't we?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 08:24:06AM -0400, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are less than a week away from the first Functional Fall event!
> Make sure to read through the first paper
> (http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/dat/miranda/whyfp90.pdf) before
> you arrive so we can really dig into it!
> 
> I am looking forward to seeing you all there!
> 
> Yours,
> Trevor
> 
> 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)
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Trevor Lalish-Menagh
> trev@trevmex.com
> 484.868.6150 (mobile)
> trevmex (AIM)