Introduction to F# - May 21, 2008

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'''Wednesday, May 21st, 2008'''{BR}
'''6:30 PM - 9:00 PM'''{BR}
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====='''Intro to F# - Matt Podwysocki'''=====
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'''Drexel University'''{BR}
'''Rush Building Room 014 (Basement Level)'''{BR}
30 N 33rd St.{BR}
Philadelphia, PA{BR}
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6:30 PM - Greetings and Eatings{BR}
7:00 PM - Intro to F# - Matt Podwysocki{BR}
'''If you plan to attend, please send an email to rsvp (at) phillyalt (dot) net'''{BR}

====='''F# - What is all the Hype Around Functional Programming Languages?'''=====
A gentle introduction to functional programming in F#, a new first-class language in the .NET space.  We'll discuss high-order functions, partial functions, pattern matching and more.  Learn how you can use F# to express both functional and imperative programming paradigms with ease.

====='''Matt Podwysocki'''=====
Matthew Podwysocki is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services based in Washington DC.  Matthew started his love of computers and languages the day he got his first Commodore 64 and taught himself Basic and Assembly Language in 1984 when he was 7 years old.  From that point on, and the past 10 years professionally, Matthew has been a self described language geek and working with .NET languages since the early Betas in 2001. Languages that currently interest him include Ruby, Scala and F#.

Matthew is actively involved within ALT.NET community having founded a Washington DC ALT.NET User Group, and helping plan regional ALT.NET conferences. He is a member of the CodeBetter community and his blog can be found at [http://codebetter.com/blogs/matthew.podwysocki|http://codebetter.com/blogs/matthew.podwysocki].

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