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Philly ALT.NET November Meeting

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Philadelphia, PA

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Concepts of Functional Programming

Avencia, Inc
340 N 12th Street, Suite 402
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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6:00 PM - Greetings and Eatings
6:30 - 7:30 PM - Aaron Feng - Concepts of Functional Programming
7:30 - 8:30 PM - Questions, discussions- bring an idea/question/show-and-tell if you want!

Concepts of Functional Programming: In Search of Purity

Functional Programming has gained a lot of momentum in recent years.
It has a long history dating back to the 1930s.  Many new functional
programming languages and features are popping up everywhere.  As
developers, we can no longer ignore it.

Learning the fundamentals of FP will transform the way you think, and
help you to build more scalable and robust software in any language.
This is an introductory presentation targeted to people that are
interested in learning about functional programming.  The focus will
be on the concepts of FP, which are language neutral.

Aaron Feng
Aaron Feng is a Principal Software Engineer at financial risk
management company, Algorithmics.  He is an experienced .NET
developer, and is currently working on a highly available and robust
financial messaging system using Clojure and Ruby.  He enjoys
experimenting with new technology and studying functional programming
languages in his spare time.  He also organizes the Philadelphia
functional programming group, Philly Lambda.