Talks and drinks: Kotlin vs Scala and Haskell

Hey type ninjas!

We've got a new meetup coming up this may 15th, with two new and interesting subjects: Joost Heijkoop will compare Scala with Kotlin. Handré Stolp uses Haskell in his day job and will try to convince you to use it too.

AGENDA:

17:45: Doors open

18:00: Food arrives

18:40: Scala vs Kotlin – Joost Heijkoop

19:35: Break

19:40: Why not Haskell? – Handré Stolp

20:35: Borrel and socializing

Scala vs Kotlin
With more than 10 years of Scala experience and with many other languages, recently jumped onto Kotlin, because it look very promising as a Java competitor. Of course there is no one size fits all solution. This will show how the two languages compare and explain why and when, you should pick one over the other. Or maybe should consider some else all together.
Joost Heijkoop is a passionate software craftsman and organiser from Amsterdam (Scala & Kotlin.amsterdam), always looking to learn, share, teach and meet new people

Why not Haskell?
For the next language you decide to learn, why not Haskell? For the next language to use for your project, why not Haskell? The next time someone tells you why not to use Haskell have an answer for why you should. This talk will be part mini introduction and part sales pitch for a great language and technology.
Handré Stolp is a software engineer originally from South Africa, He spent the first 10 years of his career doing realtime simulation / bad game engine programming using mostly C++ and 4 years ago made the switch to full stack web dev using amazing purely functional statically typed goodies like Haskell and Elm.

SPONSORS:

This time our location sponsor is Big Data Republic! They have kindly agreed to host. Our sponsor for food and drinks is Elsevier.

CALL FOR SPEAKERS:

Want to speak at the meetup? Let us (Mike or Daan) know.