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WTFP?!
Functional Programming and why you should care
How do I get Functional?
Who likes FP?
with examples in F#
www.tryfsharp.org, tryhaskell.org, tryclj.com
Pragmatic Dave Thomas:
"..and that’s why I think functional programming is a natural successor to object-oriented programming"
http://www.swaine.com/pragpub/part-1-of/
Try it in your browser:
Read about it:
"Without understanding functional programming, you can't invent MapReduce, the algorithm that makes Google so massively scalable"
Joel Spolsky:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html
Uncle Bob Martin:
Go to a conference:
"..it’s almost certainly true that functional programming is the next big thing"
http://pragprog.com/magazines/2013-01/functional-programming-basics
File -> New -> Project -> Other Languages -> Visual F#!
Grant Crofton
FP FTW!
Principal Software Developer
- Write code declaratively
- Handle Big Data
- Use all those cores
- Understand the functional aspects of your everyday language?
Want to:
@relentlessdev
www.relentlessdevelopment.net
Asynchronous Workflow - Diff
Computational Logic
Church
Turing
Call Stacks
Normal function call
Recursive function call:
Lambda Calculus
Let's see some Code!
Language Timeline
ThoughtWorks Tech Radar May 2013
What makes a language Functional?
Why Now?
Because Conciceness
Because Maths
Because Big Data
Because Multiple Processors!