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)
>
>



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