Next meetup...

[ja...@ioctl.org]

Perhaps now is the time to throw up some suggestions ("Roman numeral
parser!!") for the next session. Teaming up to solve parts of a larger
problem was mooted, but that'll probably require some advance planning if
we're going to hit the ground running on the night.

I've also just heard about another group of probably like-minded
individuals who are proposing a sort of reading group/show-and-tell
gathering where one member will give a presentation on a topic, followed
by a chance to hack on that topic later. It's non-FP-specific, but they
sounded like they might also be interested in our gatherings. They have
this to say:

[[[
My idea is that some people would meet, one (having prepared in advance)
would give an overview of some tools they've discovered and then everyone
would be able to connect to a server set up for the session and use the
tools just presented. We could eat some food while playing/chatting and
then discuss what we've discovered at the end. Finally, everyone could
walk away with a virtual machine image with the tools installed so they
can play at home.

Ideas for topics so far include:

- Aspect Oriented Programming
- C++11
- the 'D' programming language
- Python adaptation framework called enthought.traits
- Using GPUs to accelerate software
- Roll your own CPU and compiler and simulate it running your own
programs
- Continuous integration tools (like Jenkins)
- Developing for Android

I've started a discussion forum/mailing list at
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/bristol-geeks

Please join if you're interested. There's a thread on the format, one on
topics and one on possible dates. Also, please pass on the invite to
others in the area you think might be interested.
]]]

That group is closed membership (at the moment), but as and when the
moderator has a chance I'll let them know about BrisFunctional too. Some
of those things (the GPU acceleration in particular) may combine well with
functional-style persistent data structures; there are probably some
interesting challenges in that space.

Cheers,
jan

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[Matthew Gilliard]

Thanks for starting this Jan - we do have a meetup next week, 7pm at Nokia HQ.

 

  Thom and I would like to use the session to discuss & practise some of the ideas we've got for our session at ACCU conf (which is called "Functional Programming for the Dysfunctional Programmer" :)

 

  The core hacking thing will be group-creation of a console game, and there will be some discussion of FP as well.  It would be very useful if you could think about what use FP is for "dysfunctional" programming, and how you've been able to apply functional ideas in the real (mutable) world.

 

  Cheers!

 

Matthew

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[ja...@ioctl.org]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Matthew Gilliard wrote:

> Thanks for starting this Jan - we do have a meetup next week, 7pm at Nokia
> HQ.
>
> Thom and I would like to use the session to discuss & practise some of
> the ideas we've got for our session at ACCU conf (which is called
> "Functional Programming for the Dysfunctional Programmer" :)
>
> The core hacking thing will be group-creation of a console game, and
> there will be some discussion of FP as well. It would be very useful if
> you could think about what use FP is for "dysfunctional" programming, and
> how you've been able to apply functional ideas in the real (mutable) world.
>
> Cheers!

Look forward to it! - is there going to be a preferred language for the
evening's activities (to ease any late-in-the-evening integration pains
/ pairing / what-have-you)?

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[Matthew Gilliard]

Hopefully the integration environment will be easy enough to setup!  I'm going to try clooj - a lightweight clojure ide.  So all you'll need is a Java runtime and we'll be golden.

  Matthew