Re: [Caml-list] OUD2013 part of CUFP?

[Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>]

I, for one, have had an amazing time at the two CUFPs I've attended.  I
was also really happy OUD took place during the last CUFP.  I don't get
to use Ocaml professionally so CUFP is my best bet for getting to
interact with the Ocaml community in person, which is a great
experience.

/Malcolm

Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org> writes:

> On 3 Apr 2013, at 11:02, Martin Jambon <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>> 
>> "Spreading the word widely" doesn't happen like that - it's the core of the problem.
>> 
>> In thought the goal was to raise awareness among professional software developers who might consider trying some more "functional" approaches to programming.
>> Pardon my cynicism, but this is different from a meeting whose goal is to show academics that their pet language was used by that one person in that big company and then pat each other on the back.
>
> Are you all in a bad mood today or something?  That's quite the mischaracterisation of CUFP. Let me sample some of the videos from the CUFP website (at http://cufp.org/videos)
>
> * Scala at Twitter
> http://cufp.org/videos/scaling-scala-twitter-marius-eriksen-twitter
> * Facebook Chat in Erlang
> http://cufp.org/videos/functional-programming-facebook
> * Freebase and Metaweb in OCaml (now part of Google)
> http://cufp.org/videos/functional-programming-freebase-warren-harris-metaweb
> * Scheme for games development in Uncharted 3
> http://cufp.org/videos/functional-mzscheme-dsls-game-development
> * F# at Microsoft for biological computing
> http://cufp.org/videos/using-f-prove-stabilisation-biological-networks
> http://cufp.org/videos/f-embracing-functional-programming-visual-studio-2010-luke-hoban-mic
> * Big data at Nokia using Erlang/OCaml:
> http://cufp.org/videos/disco-using-erlang-implement-mapreduce
>
> And I haven't even mentioned our usual friends from Citrix or Jane Street:
> * http://cufp.org/videos/citrix-haskell-xenclient
> * http://cufp.org/videos/jane-street-status-report
>
> And many more, of varying size and impact: there's been an interesting evolution from the 'bedroom FP user' to large companies that use it
> without blinking an eye.  All of this has been tracked by CUFP over the years, although we unfortunately don't have videos from the earliest
> ones.
>
> Please do stop directing your ire at a workshop that has done its best to broaden the appeal of FP for nearly a decade now, and do start
> thinking about getting involved in the (many) open-source events that are out there these days.  Anyone can propose talks at places like
> Strange Loop and OSCON, and your travel and registration is often covered by the event organisers.
>
> -anil