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

[Esther Baruk <esther.baruk@gmail.com>]

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Having attended the last two OCaml meetings (as it was called at that
time), I didn't find OUD very different from previous events.
It is not too academic, accessible to "industrial users", and - I think -
interesting for "average users".  Also, the atmosphere and the people
attending were not so much different either.

It is also worth mentioning that it gives the OCaml community visibility in
this big FP conference (there are single events for Haskell, Scheme, F#, so
why not OCaml ?).


Esther Baruk


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>wrote:

> Am 03.04.2013 23:21:01 schrieb(en) Gabriel Scherer:
>
>  I am also interested in participating to more developer-oriented
>> conference, preferably about Free Software. I missed the "call for
>> presentation" of this year FOSDEM but did consider sending something
>> there,
>> and I will looking for a possibility to either talk or simply attend and
>> listen next year. If you (Gerd, Martin) are also interested, it would
>> surely be great to have more people from the OCaml community there.
>>
>
> Yes, I'm interested, and Brussels is also in reach. There are also a
> couple of things I could talk about (e.g. multicore in OCaml, or map/reduce
> in OCaml).
>
> Gerd
>
>
>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Am 03.04.2013 20:33:17 schrieb(en) Anil Madhavapeddy:
>> >
>> >  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?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Come on, that's Martin's special humor.
>> >
>> >
>> >  That's quite the mischaracterisation of CUFP. Let me sample some of the
>> >> videos from the CUFP website (at http://cufp.org/videos)
>> >>
>> >
>> > In deed, this is all interesting and encouraging, and there is no
>> question
>> > that CUFP is an important event. For CUFP, I don't see any problem of
>> > colocating it with ICFP. For the researchers this is, as Martin points
>> out
>> > in his special way, also a source of motivation. For OUD, the topics are
>> > different, though - it's more practical problems, questions of OCaml's
>> > roadmap, and generally more technical. So I'd make there a difference.
>> >
>> > Gerd
>> >
>> >
>> >  * Scala at Twitter
>> >> http://cufp.org/videos/****scaling-scala-twitter-marius-***
>> *eriksen-twitter<http://cufp.org/videos/**scaling-scala-twitter-marius-**eriksen-twitter>
>> <http://cufp.**org/videos/scaling-scala-**twitter-marius-eriksen-twitter<http://cufp.org/videos/scaling-scala-twitter-marius-eriksen-twitter>
>> **>
>>
>> >> * Facebook Chat in Erlang
>> >> http://cufp.org/videos/****functional-programming-****facebook<http://cufp.org/videos/**functional-programming-**facebook>
>> <http://cufp.org/**videos/functional-programming-**facebook<http://cufp.org/videos/functional-programming-facebook>
>> >
>>
>> >> * Freebase and Metaweb in OCaml (now part of Google)
>> >> http://cufp.org/videos/****functional-programming-**<http://cufp.org/videos/**functional-programming-**>
>> >> freebase-warren-harris-**metaweb<http://cufp.org/**
>> videos/functional-programming-**freebase-warren-harris-metaweb<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<http://cufp.org/videos/**functional-mzscheme-dsls-game-**development>
>> <http://cufp.org/**videos/functional-mzscheme-**dsls-game-development<http://cufp.org/videos/functional-mzscheme-dsls-game-development>
>> >
>>
>> >> * F# at Microsoft for biological computing
>> >> http://cufp.org/videos/using-****f-prove-stabilisation-**<http://cufp.org/videos/using-**f-prove-stabilisation-**>
>> >> biological-networks<http://**cufp.org/videos/using-f-prove-**
>> stabilisation-biological-**networks<http://cufp.org/videos/using-f-prove-stabilisation-biological-networks>
>> >
>> >> http://cufp.org/videos/f-****embracing-functional-**<http://cufp.org/videos/f-**embracing-functional-**>
>> >> programming-visual-studio-****2010-luke-hoban-mic<http://**
>> cufp.org/videos/f-embracing-**functional-programming-visual-**
>> studio-2010-luke-hoban-mic<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<http://cufp.org/videos/disco-**using-erlang-implement-**mapreduce>
>> <http://cufp.org/**videos/disco-using-erlang-**implement-mapreduce<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/citrix-**haskell-xenclient>
>> <http://**cufp.org/videos/citrix-**haskell-xenclient<http://cufp.org/videos/citrix-haskell-xenclient>
>> >
>> >> * http://cufp.org/videos/jane-****street-status-report<http://cufp.org/videos/jane-**street-status-report>
>> <http://**cufp.org/videos/jane-street-**status-report<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
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