Code Cast #24 – Matt Podwysocki on Functional Programming

You know those scary smart guys that freak you out when you talk to them because you realize how little you know?

And, you know how these same people seem to be the key masters for some esoteric idea or technology you feel guilty for not knowing?

Meet Matt Podwysocki. Matt is the functional programming key master. Matt joined Elegant Coders David Starr and Jarod Ferguson to explain the recent uptake in discussion around functional programming.

What are function languages? Why do I care? How can I use them effectively? If you wonder any of those things, this show is for you.

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Links from the Show

• Matt?s Blog
• Matt?s CodeBetter Blog?
• Matt’s blog series on Functional Programming Unit Testing.
  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
• F# at Microsoft Research
• Real World Haskell Book Club Google Group
• Haskell.org
• Erlang.org