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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-dev]  Re: New developer: Justin Bronder (jsbronder)
From:       Steve Long <slong () rathaus ! eclipse ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-11-18 8:40:42
Message-ID: fhothp$anb$2 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote:
> Duncan Coutts wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 14:40 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote:
>>> It's my usual please to announce a new ebuild monkey. Justin hails from
>>> Brighton, Massachusetts. His educational background should provide a
>>> good theoretical approach to all the future flames on gentoo-dev:
>>> "I'm pretty much self taught computer wise as I went to the University
>>> of Maine in order to get my Master's in Mathematics where I focused on
>>> abstract algebra and number theory, I liked the challenges of
>>> discovering proofs, and pretty much ignored any real applications."
>>>
>>> Please give him the normal welcome.
>>
Yay, a math person! Welcome to the ghettoo ;p

>> Welcome Justin!
>> 
>> If you like beautiful code with firm mathematical underpinnings and a
>> slight lack of real applications you'll love Haskell ;-)
>> 
>> You're most welcome to come chat with us in #gentoo-haskell
@yaar the haskell is nice, although why it takes more resources to build
than OOo is beyond me.. *ducks*
> 
> Hmm, a mystery developer.
> 
> Hi Justin, I wonder why I haven't seen you on the functional programming
> side of Gentoo, you being a maths guy and all. Anyway, welcome and don't
> let the Haskell guys fool you ;P
> 
> Marijn
> 
> - --
> Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML
> <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode
You're not fooling us, hkBst, we know you're a secret Schemer.. ;-) ML? Now,
there's a language.. *checks out #gentoo-ml *


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