| Lalish-Menagh, Trevor on 7 Sep 2011 05:44:34 -0700 |
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| Re: Announcing Functional Fall: A 6-session functional programming reading circle in the Fall |
Let's talk about it tonight. I am inclined to say no, or at least save it to later in the series. Yours, Trevor On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Dan Mead <d.w.mead@gmail.com> wrote: > do you guys think it would be a good idea to work in a paper that argues > against functional programming? > I say that not ever having read such a paper, but I assume that some do > exist. > -Dan > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor <trev@trevmex.com> > wrote: >> >> OK. We are on for real this time! >> >> Don't forget to read the paper, and I'll see you all tomorrow night at >> the Comcast Center! >> >> Yours, >> Trevor >> >> On Friday, August 26, 2011, Michael Bevilacqua-Linn >> <michael.bevilacqualinn@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Math is hard. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > MBL >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor >> > <trev@trevmex.com> wrote: >> > >> > ...wow. I seem to be a calendar-challenged individual. Ye, it is 13 >> > days away. My bad. >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> >> > wrote: >> >> 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! ÂWith the likes of >> >>> > Clojure, Scala and F#, functional programming has been making a >> >>> > comeback. ÂFunctional ideas have been popping up from systems as >> >>> > large >> >>> > as Hadoop to ones as small as a multi-core processor. ÂCome find out >> >>> > what all the fuss is about at "A Functional Fall", by Comcast >> >>> > Interactive Media and Philly Lambda. ÂWe'll be reading and >> >>> > discussing >> >>> > a variety of functional papers, starting with "Why Functional >> >>> > Programming Matters". ÂFrom there, the group will vote on the next >> >>> > paper to study. ÂThe 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. ÂHope 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 >> >>> > 484.868.6150Â(mobile) >> >>> > trevmex (AIM) >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Trevor Lalish-Menagh >> >>> trev@trevmex.com >> >>> 484.868.6150 (mobile) >> >>> trevmex (AIM) >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Trevor Lalish-Menagh >> > trev@trevmex.com >> > 484.868.6150Â(mobile) >> > trevmex (AIM) >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Trevor Lalish-Menagh >> trev@trevmex.com >> 484.868.6150Â(mobile) >> trevmex (AIM) > > -- Trevor Lalish-Menagh trev@trevmex.com 484.868.6150 (mobile) trevmex (AIM)