Functional Programming Through the Lens of a Philosopher & Linguist • Anjana Vakil • GOTO 2021

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/functional-programming-through-the-lens-of-a-philosopher-and-linguist Anjana Vakil - Developer Advocate at Observable Lars Jensen - Lead Developer at GOTO TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:21 From linguistics to programming 08:58 The human performance factor 13:13 Functional programming 21:02 Benefits of programming in a functional way 25:18 Declutter your programming and learn new things 28:25 The adoption of functional programming (concepts) 33:30 Functional programming for everyone? 45:48 Where to start? 52:56 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Eric Normand • Grokking Simplicity • https://amzn.to/3gz7o3C Daniel Higginbotham • Clojure for the Brave and True • https://amzn.to/38tZjsF Ulisses Almeida • Learn Functional Programming with Elixir • https://amzn.to/389grn6 Neal Ford • Functional Thinking • https://amzn.to/3DdP35B Petricek & Skeet • Real-World Functional Programming • https://amzn.to/38diF4M Venkat Subramaniam • Functional Programming in Java • https://amzn.to/2WlOXIt Cristian Salcescu • Functional Programming in JavaScript • https://amzn.to/3y75jBS Richard Feldman • Elm in Action • https://amzn.to/387kujI Jeremy Fairbank • Programming Elm • https://amzn.to/2WhZCE8 Wolfgang Loder • Web Applications with Elm • https://amzn.to/3jblQ3q https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #FunctionalPrograming #Programming #Linguistics #Elixir #BEAM #BEAMvm #Elm #FP #Erlang #JS #Python #Scala #Fsharp CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1