Functional Alcoholics Meetup in SF

[moonpolysoft]

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDFtWnQ3dzMzOGcxOGVoNFpFckM4dGc6MA

[jganetsk]

I interpreted this to mean alcoholics that are still functioning in society.

[discojesus → jganetsk]

If you rephrase that as "alcoholics with no side effects," it's pretty much the same thing.

[dazmax → jganetsk]

I interpreted it first to mean functional programming, then remembered what functional means to most people, then remembered that this was HackerNews, so I had to check.

[scott_s → jganetsk]

It's a pun.

[shaunxcode]

just wait til the straight edge smalltalk fans catch wind of this.

[jbr]

Maybe I'll finally get some closure.

[bkovitz]

Unlike object-oriented alcoholics, the functional alcoholics have yet to so much as open a bottle of screw-top wine.

[bkudria]

Great idea! Would love to attend.

[twopoint718 → bkudria]

Same here, but it seems that all the Lisp and functional action happens on the coasts.

[bkudria → twopoint718]

Everything happens on the coasts. Except like bread and stuff.

[moonpolysoft]

This is our first meetup. If you like functional programming and booze then you should definitely attend. We will choose a venue after getting a rough estimate of how many people are attending. Thanks.

[Periodic → moonpolysoft]

It's an interesting idea. I need an echo chamber, er, like-minded group to prevent me from going crazy working with these imperative biologists.

[benatkin → moonpolysoft]

It seems, based on your free-form questions, that you're checking to make sure people have a genuine interest in functional programming before letting them into the group. Am I correct? Kind of reminds me of http://freehackersunion.org/

[moonpolysoft → benatkin]

It's just an interesting data point really. Although if you have no genuine interest in functional programming then you'd better really like booze.

[khafra → moonpolysoft]

Might I point out that alcohol tends to cause destructive updates to data?

[kevbin → moonpolysoft]

I like to order a curried scotch and soda and then do the uncurrying at the table.

[rawr → moonpolysoft]

Make sure you take out insurance for collateral damage stemming from the drunken Haskell v. Erlang brawl that is sure to ensue.