Re: [bayfp] Digest for bayfp@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

[Vlad Patryshev]

I could talk about categories/monads

Thanks,
-Vlad

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• planning a Bay Area functional programming conference on Oct 1 [2 Updates]

 Topic: planning a Bay Area functional programming conference on Oct 1

Matt Harrington <mbh....@gmail.com> May 27 03:41PM -0700 ^

 
Hi all,
 
Great to see some activity on the BayFP list.
 
I'm considering organizing a Bay Area functional programming conference in
October. There are lots of people in the area who've made the conceptual
leap to functional programming, and putting them all together in one place
could yield interesting results. We probably all have a lot in common.
 
I've already reached out to the local Clojure, Scala, F#, and Erlang
communities. I haven't had a chance to meet with anyone from the Haskell or
LISP/Scheme groups, but given the enthusiasm I've seen so far I'm guessing
many of them would be on board.
 
Brainstorming about ideas... Has anone seen Andrei Alexandrescu's talk
"Three Cool Things About D"? If not, it's worth seeing. I think it's also
a good format to follow. We could have a series of talks along the same
lines, e.g. "Three Cool Things about Clojure", or even "Three Cool Things
about Category Theory". There'd also be breakout rooms for more specific
talks, and time for an informal unconference kind of thing. I've been
kicking around this format for a while, and I think things jelled over lunch
with a friend who confirmed that the format makes sense.
 
In short, it would be like ICFP & CUFP, but with less of an academic feel.
 
If you're interested in speaking, or have any comments/ideas, please let me
know either on or off the list.
 
The cost would be kept low, around $25, and it'd be either in San Francisco
or Mountain View. Initially, I was thinking of Saturday, September 24, but
coincidentally that's the same day as CUFP in Tokyo. So, the tentative date
is Saturday, October 1.
 
Matt Harrington


 

satish viswanatham <satish.vi...@gmail.com> May 27 04:50PM -0700 ^

 
sounds like a great idea. I would be interested in attending this.
 


 

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