seriously, I really don't want to be a nag... but... Yahoo hasn't had any production functional languages in my memory. They bought ViaWeb, which was in CL. It was re-written to C++ pretty soon after the acquisition. What other projects other than this recent Erlang one were rewritten using a functional language?
dru On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Mike Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BayFP returns to the South Bay next Thursday, September 18 at 7:30pm > with a talk by Nick Gerakines: > > """ > Developing Erlang at Yahoo > > Yahoo is no stranger to functional programming languages. It has had > significant products in languages like Lisp and Scheme. Somehow > Erlang, and other function languages, are often overlooked when most > developers are researching various problems and systems. This is very > unfortunate given the power and flexibility that these languages > provide. At Yahoo there are places where functional languages and make > a phenomenal difference in the way problems and solutions are > approached. This presentation will cover how Erlang, a powerful and > flexible functional language, gave us exactly what we needed at a > critical time and how it was approached as a production language at > Yahoo. > """ > > Mike Miller has arranged for us to meet at LinkedIn, 2029 Stierlin Ct. > Mountain View, CA 94043. For those taking Caltrain, we will arrange > carpools from the Mt. View station. Signup information will be posted > next week. > > If anyone can offer equipment and assistance to improve the quality of > the video of the talk, please email me directly. > > Mike > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to "Bay Area Functional Programmers" To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bayfp?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
