It is commonly believed...
...that most programming languages languages are essentially identical. However, anyone who has spent any significant time studying languages such as Lisp, Haskell, or Prolog knows that some of these uncommonly used languages not only are fundamentally different from more popular languages but can actually give you a glimpse into the future of mainstream programming!
If you think ideas such as Aspect Oriented Programming or Microsoft's new LINQ system in C# 3.0 or Declarative XML programming in .NET or C++ Template Metaprogramming are entirely revolutionary new ideas, you are mistaken: They are all innovative but also evolutions from ideas developed long ago in Lisp, ML and other older fringe languages.
So join us at FringeDC to learn more about these languages and the programming techniques they make possible...
We will be having quartely formal meetings with a speaker- Between each formal meeting there will be an informal meeting over beer :) Anybody at any skill level is welcome at any of our meetings- Please email me (Conrad) at lisperati@gmail.com to be placed on our mailing list!
There's a fine line between being on the leading edge and being in the lunatic fringe.
- Frank Armstrong
