http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/ Silicon Valley Patterns Group Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:07:13 GMT Raoul Duke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3843 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3843 i found this interesting. i don't know enough to know how wrong it might be. http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/OOP_vs_type_classes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:32:12 GMT Walter Vannini http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3842 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3842 When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Topic: Getting Higher With ScalaTest Speaker: Bill Venners Time: 6:30pm doors open 7:00pm meeting begins Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:58:15 GMT Phil Goodwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3841 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3841 I didn't get it until this very moment, even though we made the same joke at the conference (except we used Jeanette Wing in place of Liskov's daughter.) On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:54:12 GMT Vlad Patryshev http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3840 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3840 I believe I can help with maintaining Haskell too. Now there's a great book out: Real World Haskell. I guess we can do chapter after chapter (not all of them Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:49:19 GMT Christian Sasso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3839 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3839 It took me a moment or two to get it, but it's very funny :-) chris Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:23:37 GMT Ivan Tarasov http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3838 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3838 I can help with the Haskell track, however I'm not sure I can be present at all the meetings (although I'll try). ... (and I know R a little; also take look at Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:02:37 GMT Tracy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3837 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3837 It sounds like a group of people are interested in doing Haskell, possibly starting in December. Is anyone willing to step up and sponsor the topic? That would Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:36 GMT Tracy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3836 __________________________________________________________ Core - Silicon Valley Patterns Group __________________________________________________________ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:33:46 GMT John Brewer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3835 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3835 ... I heard that Liskov's daughter actually gave the keynote, but nobody could tell the difference. -- John Brewer Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:53:27 GMT Vlad Patryshev http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3834 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3834 My experience with M/R lead me to the feeling that Java implementation is among the worst... First of all - no closures! 2009/11/4 Cliff L. Biffle Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:45:56 GMT Dave Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3833 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3833 ... Back when SVPG was doing the Haskell part of the Language Track, I came across a reference to "The School of Expression" book and, like you, thought it Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:33:47 GMT Robert Evans http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3832 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3832 Sure. When I get home tonight, I can take a look. I didn't see Wayne's comment, what was it? Bob ... Sure. When I get home tonight, I can take a look. I didn't Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:43:28 GMT Steven Ganz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3831 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3831 I meant Sadek's comment at the end of the video -- I haven't seen the book. I was taking Joel's comments more broadly, not necessarily specific to Java. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:03:32 GMT Cliff L. Biffle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3830 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3830 ... And ironic in the context of our discussions on FP in Java, and Spolsky's praising of MapReduce in the middle of it, the canonical open source Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:47:54 GMT Dave Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3829 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siliconvalleypatterns/message/3829 Bob, Could you page through SoE and give your quick impression? Based on Wayne's concern, I'm thinking it might be a bit light. Thanks, Dave ... Bob, Could you