Functional languages have become the new media darling in programming, and for many developers not familiar with them from their university days, the renewed interest seems mysterious and mind-boggling. What does a functional programming language offer that a traditional object-oriented language like Java or C# doesn’t? In this presentation, we will explore several different functional languages (Erlang, Scala, and Jaskell), their feature sets, and the ways that a functional language can be used to simplify programming. No prior experience with functional languages is necessary.
