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Keynote: Why Functional Programming Matters - John Hughes, Mary Sheeran (Lambda Days 2017)
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- Presented by John Hughes and Mary Sheeran
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John Hughes and Mary Sheeran revisit the history and core concepts of functional programming, celebrating the legacy of Hughes's seminal paper.
lambdadays.org/lambdadays2017/mary-sheeran 25 years ago John Hughes published "Why Functional Programming Matters", a manifesto for FP--but the subject is much older than that! In this talk we'll take a deep dive into history to revisit our personal selection of highlights.Why it's here
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Keynote: Why Functional Programming Matters - John Hughes, Mary Sheeran (Lambda Days 2017)