Presentation: Tweet"Keynote: The Value of Values"

Imperative and OO developers are hearing more and more about functional programming and are often still left wondering what the fuss is all about. One of the least articulated benefits of functional programming is often the one most prized - the pleasure and sanity of programming with values, and it can be difficult to appreciate without first-hand experience. This talk will discuss value-oriented programming and its antithesis - place-oriented programming, examining the benefits and costs of each, in the small and in the large. Along the way we'll discuss the beauty of garbage, and the relationship between space and time.