Don't forget to include higher-order functions in one of those important points.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John Van Enk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Joe, > > Your assumption is correct--the whole presentation will be longer. I wanted > to use 3 or 4 slides to introduce the language and the balance for the > interesting stuff. :P > > /jve > > PS to Joe: I will not forget to reply to all. I will not forget to reply to > all. I will not forget to reply to all. There, hopefully I won't forget any > more. :) > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Joe Fredette <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While an incredibly small font is a clever option, a more serious >> suggestion may be as follows. >> >> 3-4 slides imply 3-4 topics, so the question is what are the 3-4 biggest >> topics in haskell? I would think they would be: >> >> * Purity/Referential Transparency >> * Lazy Evaluation >> * Strong Typing + Type Classes >> * Monads >> >> Assuming you have, say, 10-15 minutes for the talk, and the people there >> are versed with imperative programming and maybe have some experience in >> functional programming, you can probably jump over each of those slides in >> about a minute, just enough to touch the subject. >> >> I also assume that you don't need to fit the whole presentation in 3-4 >> slides, if you do, then .... yah. >> >> >> /Joe >> >> >> David Leimbach wrote: >> >>> Use an incredibly small font. >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:16 AM, John Van Enk <[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm giving a presentation to an IEEE group on Embedded DSL's and >>> Haskell at the end of June. I need a 3 to 4 slide introduction to >>> Haskell. What suggestions does the community have? Is such a short >>> intro possible? >>> It just needs to introduce the basics so I can show some code >>> without alienating the audience. I'm hoping some one else has >>> attempted this before, but if not, some boiler plate slides could >>> be useful for every one! >>> >>> -- /jve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>> >>> >> > > > -- > /jve > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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