On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Darren Hague <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm thinking about it, but like Vassil I'm finding it hard to think about > the explicitly functional parts - most of my contribution has been > integrating Java-based search libraries in a more aspect-oriented than > functional style. Also, I need to figure out logistics (admittedly not too > hard - a weekend in Edinburgh could go down quite well). > The focus of the conference is *commercial* a lot more than functional. I think that a mixed Scala/Java project that's making inroads into the SAP ecosystem is a powerful message that functional apps are on the rise in the mainstream. > > Are there any costs associated with attending the conference, other than > travel & accommodation? There's a $125 admission fee to the conference (speakers are not comped, but it's a non-profit conference sponsored by the ACM.) > > > Heck, I'll probably do it - just give me a little time to warm up to the > idea... ;-) > > Cheers, > Darren > > >> The Commercial Users of Functional Programming day-long conference is > >> happening in Edinburgh this year. See http://cufp.galois.com/ > >> > >> I think it'd be great to see an ESME via Scala and Lift presentation > these > >> this year. I won't be able to go as the conference conflicts with > certain > >> important birthdays. Perhaps Darren or Vassil would like to present? > It'd > >> be a great way to get other FP geeks interested in ESME. > > > >Darren is certainly much closer to Edinburgh, and the conference is in > >September, so enough time to plan. Darren? > > > >The interesting question is: what is specific in ESME regarding > >functional programming? Or is the focus of the conference not on the > >functional side? I must admit I don't consider myself a functional wiz > >(perhaps at the level of http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/fp.html). > > > > -- > [email protected] > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Git some: http://github.com/dpp
