# Observations of a functional programmer

DevFeed: [Observations of a functional programmer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/observations-of-a-functional-programmer-20195.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.janestreet.com/observations-of-a-functional-programmer/>)

Author: Yaron Minsky

Published: 2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jane Street](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jane-street.md>)

Topics: [Functional programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/functional-programming.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [functional](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functional.md>), [functional-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functional-programming.md>), [keynote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keynote.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-languages.md>)

## AI overview

A keynote by a functional programmer examines the use and evaluation of functional languages in industry, including typing, evidence about language efficacy, organizational tool choice, minority technologies, academia, education, and advocacy.

## Source excerpt

I was recently invited to do the keynote at the Commercial Users of Functional Programming workshop, a 15-year-old gathering which is attached to ICFP, the primary academic functional programming conference.