An excruciatingly gentle introduction to functional programming

A discussion about what the characteristics of a functional programming language are, why you might care, and a quick survey of existing languages.

Lead Presenter: 
tsumaranai
Prefered Session Time: 
Saturday - Intro Sessions (10-2)
Saturday - Afternoon (2-5)
Saturday - Evening (5-10)
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Clean is a High Performace Functional language

has anyone seen CLEAN before?

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all

after i saw this i was intrigued

Javascript is a Functional Language

Did you know that Javascript can be used like a functional programing language? Joel on software uses javascript as a means to explain MapReduce.

Slightly painful version?

grettke's picture

Have you got a slightly painful version of this presentation?

I might be able to tolerate it...