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,
In less than 5 minutes I can solve NP-Complete problems in restaurant orders:
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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.''