The F# Path to Relaxation with Don Syme

Abstract: Born in a lab, matured in a company and enterprise setting, and now fully baked as an open-source, cross-platform, professionally-supported language - the F# journey has always been about reconciling the apparently irreconcilable: Functional and Objects, Types and Dynamism, Company and Openness, Mac and Windows, Android and iOS, Programming and Data, GPU and CPU, Async and Sync, Server and Client. Take two irreconcilable ideas, and F# finds a way. Come along and take a journey with me through the modern programming landscape and the F# approach to research, language design, interoperability, tooling and community.

Bio: Don Syme is an F# community contributor and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, U.K. He is the designer and architect of the F# programming language.

Schedule:

6:30-7:00 Pizza and Networking

7:00-8:30 Don's Talk

8:30+ After Party

Thanks again to our generous sponsors JET for their ongoing logistical support, free Pizza and after event Drinks.