Why Haskell? Why Functional Programming?

[glyphrider]

We (@jimcegelski @jspencer92 @eheyne and I) got into a long discussion about this after the Install Fest. And a great resource to understand the importance of the functional paradigm in today's world is the following conference talk by Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin entitled Functional Programming: What? Why? When?

It's about an hour, but worth the investment. Well, once you get past "Why is there air?" (you'll see).

[dperish]

Thank you for that. Was on the edge of my seat and just about fell off when he skipped past the CQS slides, as I've been doing a lot of study in that area now as it pertains to C#. I'm excited to learn more.

[jdantonio]

Thanks for posting this @glyphrider.

[rickbacci]

@glyphrider Thanks...that was really interesting.

[rpottsoh]

Just finished watching the presentation. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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We got into a long discussion about this after the Install Fest. And a great resource to understand the importance of the functional paradigm in today's world is the following conference talk by Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin entitled Functional Programming: What? Why? When?

It's about an hour, but worth the investment. Well, once you get past "Why is there air?" (you'll see).

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[BWoodson]

That was a good watch. Thanks for posting.

[jdantonio]

:dizzy_face: Only Uncle Bob can take 20 minutes of great content and stretch it out to an hour...