Warwick Annual Retreat Projects Functional Programming Madness

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1. Jack Binysh

   #1 13:49, Sat 3 Mar 2018

   Functional Programming Madness

   Organised by: Jack Binysh

   Abstract : Functional programming languages are a class of languages (Haskell, Lisp, bits of Python, etc.) which employ an approach to programming different to imperative, C style programming - they focus on describing what a function is, rather than how it is to be implemented. Eg, here's a quicksort in Haskell:

   quickSort [] = []
   quickSort (x:xs) = quickSort (filter (<x) xs)
                                  ++ [x] ++
                                  quickSort (filter (>=x) xs)

   ... it looks like top drawer nerd madness. 

   I know nothing about functional programming but thought it might be fun to learn some Haskell.

   Aims and Objectives:

   Learn some Haskell, code something up in it. Reach programming Nirvana.

   Of Interest to:

   People who want their minds blown.

   Resources Necessary:

   Haskell

   https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell

   References:

   https://xkcd.com/224/

   https://xkcd.com/297/

   https://wiki.haskell.org/Why_Haskell_matters

   http://learnyouahaskell.com/

    

    

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2. Jack Binysh

   #2 15:29, Fri 16 Mar 2018

   https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/

   Haskells super hot right now too, a whole 6% of devs want to use it

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3. Jonathan Skipp

   #3 14:12, Fri 13 Apr 2018

   https://xkcd.com/1270/

   Mouseover text: "Functional programming combines the flexibility and power of abstract mathematics with the intuitive clarity of abstract mathematics."

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