Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots 172: Go After the Hard Stuff (Eric Normand)
Dec 1, 2015
Eric Normand, founder of LispCast and PurelyFunctional.tv, talks with Ben about the pros and cons of Haskell and Clojure, pain points of running an educational coding platform, and how the next "killer demo" in programming will present itself. They also discuss Brendan Dunn's writings, compare Haskell and Clojure, and explore the potential of ClosureScript in hackathons.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Discussing Brendan Dunn's Writings and Side Hustles in Teaching
02:09 • 2min
Comparing Closure and Haskell: Type Systems and Testing
03:41 • 10min
Comparing Haskell, Clojure, Ruby, and JavaScript
13:40 • 2min
Changing Perspectives and Shifting to a Subscription Model
16:04 • 4min
The Potential of ClosureScript in Hackathons
20:12 • 11min
Changing the Shape of Applications
30:59 • 10min