I wonder what Yahoo project was done in Scheme? -Ethan
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Mike Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A reminder that this month's BayFP meeting is tomorrow night, Thursday > September 18 at 7:30pm. We'll be at LinkedIn, 2029 Stierlin Ct. > Mountain View, CA 94043. > > The meeting is open to everyone and there is no need to RSVP. > However, if you need a ride -- or can offer to drive people -- from > the Mt. View Caltrain station to the meeting and back, please signup > here: > > http://bayfp.wufoo.com/forms/carpool-for-september-bayfp/ > > Tomorrow night's speaker is 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. > """ > > This is a preview of the talk Nick will be giving at CUFP next week: > > http://cufp.galois.com/2008/schedule.html > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
