Sorry for the dup, but I added a bunch of additional info that I
though should be included.

Next TCLUG Meeting

When:
Saturday December 4th, noon-2pm

Topic:
Ocaml programming language

The talk itself is on Ocaml- not so much teaching the language itself,
but on why you should learn it, and what it's good for (and what it
isn't good for). No previous knowledge of Ocaml or functional
languages is assumed.

The executive summary: Ocaml is an applications development language-
meaning you use to write things like word processors and web servers,
not device drivers and operating systems, and less so scripts. It
shines best in large code bases with multiple developers and in
situations where maintainance is a concern. Ocaml allows you to write
more code, more maintainable code, and more correct (less buggy code)
in less time, without sacrificing performance.

It is signifigantly more technologically advanced as a language than
any "popular" language is. However, it is not- repeat NOT- a mere
theoretical toy language. It is a deeply pragmatic and productive
language- in many ways more pragmatic than Java and C++.

I myself am a senior software engineer, currently unemployeed
(hopefully this will change before Saturday). I've been programming in
Ocaml non-professionally for ~3 years now.

Where:
University of Minnesota
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Building
Room EE/CSCI 3-125
Map: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/EECSci/index.html

Hope to see you there! 

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