Forgot to mention: We're meeting @madlabuk at 7pm.
More details can be found on the website: http://www.lambdalounge.org.uk/ On Jul 27, 9:14 pm, Rick Moynihan <[email protected]> wrote: > The Manchester Lambda Lounge's next talk will see Ian Murray putting > the func in Functors, by introducing us to Applicative Functors as > they are used in Haskell. > > Applicative functors are an abstraction that sit between functors and > monads: weaker (hence more widely occurring) than monads, and stronger > than functors. > > This practical talk will be split into two parts: > > 1. An introduction to the definition of the Applicative type class. > Will show some examples of Applicative instances to get a feel for it. > And then discuss how it's used; and how it achieves what a Functor > can't. > > 2. Will look at the applicative-style of programming in Haskell, using > user input validation as an example of this (including a brief detour > to introduce the Monoid type class). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
