[Haskell-cafe] Haskell showcase in 5 minutes

[Arnaud Bailly]

Well, solving knapsack problem in a couple lines of code looks really fun
and instructive.

Thanks Ertugrul for suggesting Yesod. This is definitely a great tool for
creating web applications but I fear that's too much to swallow in 5
minutes. And thanks also Jason for reminding me of the gems one can find in
Oleg's treasures trove but given the expected attendance, that's maybe too
much type wizardry. However, I remember having written an arab to roman
numerals converter based on type system which could be fun also.

Regards,
Arnaud

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:36 PM, <roconnor at theorem.ca> wrote:

> In less than 5 minutes I can solve NP-Complete problems in restaurant
> orders:
>
> http://www.reddit.com/**comments/24p2c/xkcd_does_**
> anyone_else_feel_compelled_to_**solve_this/c24pc5<http://www.reddit.com/comments/24p2c/xkcd_does_anyone_else_feel_compelled_to_solve_this/c24pc5>
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Arnaud Bailly wrote:
>
>  Hello Cafe,
>>
>> I will be (re)presenting Haskell in a "Batlle Language" event Wednesday
>> evening: A fun and interactive contest where various programming language
>> champions try to attract as much
>> followers as possible in 5 minutes.
>>
>> Having successfully experimented the power of live coding in a recent
>> Haskell introduction for the Paris Scala User Group, I would like to do the
>> same but given the time frame I need a
>> simpler example than the music synthesizer program.
>>
>> So I would like to tap in the collective wisdom looking for some concise,
>> eye-opening, mind-shaking and if possible fun example of what one can
>> achieve in Haskell. Things that sprung to
>> my mind are rather dull: prime factors, fibonacci numbers.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Arnaud
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Russell O'Connor                                      <http://r6.ca/>
> ``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
> Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
> ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''
>
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