There once was a functional genius, who started to type with his... ok, perhaps not.
On Dec 4, 1:11 am, Pete F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the only thing i know about Kent (other than some dirty limericks) is > that that David Turner did Miranda etc there -right? > > so that's how Dick came to program in miranda (as per Odersky > interview "ahh Miranda!" says Odersky like he was hearing of an old > mutual friend -i liked that bit) > > so what is Dick going to say when some FP devotee from Kent says; > > "Never mind Scala -how have you NOT had an interview with Rich > Hickey yet about Clojure?? Surely java programmers need to hear about > a pure functional language designed to exploit the JVM for massive > concurrency. Scala schmala! -these people need to hear from someone > with a Scala critique that is deeper than 'gosh its complicated'. And > they need to hear about the real problems that await them if they > don't learn to do anything smarter than poking away at a big blob of > state in java." > > Well, someone might. > > -and now this.. > > an FP devotee from Kent > had his brain so functionally bent > he could travel in time > to when he was nine > but the present he couldn't prevent > > -have you ever tried to refactor a dirty limerick until it begins "an > FP devotee from Kent" Turns out not to be easy, especially with a > limited appreciation of functional programming -please post a better > one here (hint: monads and gonads hold promise of course) > > pete F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
