I'd quite like to go to this on the 28th but I'm not sure you'd be interested.
On 23 May 2012 00:14, Rick Moynihan <[email protected]> wrote: > The @madlabuk Lambda Lounge is back and this time we're diving into what is > perhaps the most mind blowing of the functional programming languages; > Haskell. > > This months meeting will be on the 28th May @7pm and will feature an > introductory talk on Haskell, by Ian Johnson. > > Haskell is a purely functional programming language, where side-effects are > forbidden by the type-system; and all functions must be pure. > > Haskell's widely regarded as being on the cutting edge of programming > language design, with its rigorous Hindley-Milner inferencing type system, > lazy evaluation and infamous use of Monads to box up side effects in a > useful and generic abstraction. > > Haskell is best known for it's ability to lock up side effects where they > belong, in an IO::Monad; preventing them from polluting your program with > pain and non-determinism! > > It's destined to be another great Lambda Lounge! > > Come along! http://lambdalounge.org.uk/ > > R. > > -- > To post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
