ACCU Conference 2008, Day 2
One of the tracks at this conference has been on functional programming and today’s sessions covered FP in general and more specifically, Erlang and Haskell. Every conference has a special track, in...
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Interesting session this morning, from Schalke Cronje, on RPM package management. One of those sessions that cover a subject I know something about but have never had time to look at in depth. Schalke...
View ArticleACCU Conference 2008, Day 4
First session today was called “Is FP for me” and covered the areas in which functional programming might be useful. The session was given by Hubert Matthews and gave an excellent overview of when and...
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