Functional Programming Benefits and Challenges with Sum Types and Pattern Matching

In this episode, Conor and Bryce interview Richard Feldman about the Roc programming language, what qualifies a language as a functional programming language (and whether Rust makes the cut) and more!

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• Conor Hoekstra
• Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

About the Guest:

Richard Feldman is the creator of the Roc programming language, the host of the Software Unscripted podcast, and the author of Elm in Action from Manning Publications. He teaches online courses on Frontend Masters: Introduction to Rust, Introduction to Elm, and Advanced Elm. Outside of programming, he’s a fan of strategy games, heavy metal, powerlifting, and puns!

Show Notes

Date Recorded: 2023-11-13
Date Released: 2023-11-24

• Software Unscripted Podcast
• The Roc Language
• Haskell Language
• Elixir Language
• Software Unscripted: Gradual vs Static Typing with Jose Valim
• Interview with Senior Rust Developer in 2023 (YouTube Video)
• Rust Iterator::map
• Rust Iterator::filter
• Zig Language
• The Essence of Functional Programming by Richard Feldman #FnConf 2022
• Rank-N Types (Higher Rank Types)

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