Keynote: Why Functional Programming Matters - John Hughes, Mary Sheeran (Lambda Days 2017)

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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.

[@mrigankabasuroychowdhury6329]

Loved that idea to speed up convergence!

[@tricky778]

Alpha is Haskell fmap and construction is (almost) distribute

[@lolsteamroller]

nice, something to watch!

[@SimGunther]

No audio from 5:38 - 6:20

[@SterileNeutrino]

27 years ago now. I cry. Anyway, how do we connect this to Category Theory?

[@reedbaylor2210]

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[@tcsiwula]

Who needs integers? Heh 😝