Fabulous functional fun
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| Fabulous functional fun |
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| From 2011/04/17 14:00:00 to 2011/04/17 19:00:00 |
| Presenters ({{#arraydefine:p|Joost,}}{{#arraysize:p}}warning.png"{{#arraysize:p}}" is not a number.): |
| Joost |
| Attendees ({{#arraydefine:a|fs111, sez}}{{#arraysize:a}}warning.png"{{#arraysize:a}}" is not a number.): |
| fs111, sez |
| Where: |
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Blekerijstraat 75, Gent, Belgium Loading map...
Costs 5€ for non members |
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«Introduction to functional programming / Why it is fun!»
An introduction to functional programming by Joost.
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[edit] Prerequisites
Basic understanding of programming is required. No previous knowledge of functional programming is expected. Bring your laptop if you want to try some of the code yourself but it is not required.
[edit] Language
The language used during the workshop will be Ocaml. But the principles are equally applicable to other functional languages like Haskell, Erlang, scala, F#, lisp, scheme, ... and no knowledge of Ocaml is required.
[edit] Topics covered
- short intro
- types & type inference
- list
- tuples
- functions, partial application, currying and Schönfinkelisation
- functional composition
- higher-order programming
- generics and polymorphism
- map, fold, iter, ...
- ...
[edit] Topics NOT (or very briefly) covered
- monads
- functors
- classes and objects
- functional laziness
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| Has attendee | Fs111 + and Sez + |
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| Has cost | 5€ for non members + |
| Has description | Introduction to functional programming / Why it is fun! |
| Has end date | 17 April 2011 19:00:00 + |
| Has event type | Workshop + |
| Has location | Whitespace + |
| Has presenter | Joost + |
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| Has start date | 17 April 2011 14:00:00 + |
