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		<title>Mind the gap please</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or, how all programming language evolution charts are incomplete. Or even, how so many of you are looking the wrong way! Just a quick moan this time. No doubt you&#8217;ve all seen charts which show how ideas from one programming language &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2013/04/mind-the-gap-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My PhD thesis is 15 years old</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I left the organised education industry, my PhD thesis has not been readily available on the web. It&#8217;s about time I gave it a proper home. So: my thesis can now be downloaded from here. (This is a postscript file &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2013/01/my-phd-thesis-is-15-years-old/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been distracted&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2012/12/ive-been-distracted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not posted for a while, at least not here, but I have kept up the habit elsewhere. If you didn&#8217;t know, I&#8217;ve been writing a few articles on Haskell and related topics for the Pragmatic Bookshelf&#8217;s in house magazine. &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2012/12/ive-been-distracted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open source at its best? A review of Spreeconf Europe 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2012/08/open-source-at-its-best-a-review-of-spreeconf-europe-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conference I could not miss Last time I was in Dublin, I swore I&#8217;d never go back to the Guinness Storehouse. (I&#8217;ll explain why later, for those who are interested.) But the Spree guys found the one thing that &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2012/08/open-source-at-its-best-a-review-of-spreeconf-europe-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I remember the time before monads</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2012/08/i-remember-the-time-before-monads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to get some of my &#8216;essays&#8217; into PragPub magazine, starting with an overview of how functional programmers think and how they use their languages. See Issue 38 for the first installment. Subsequent months should see articles on types &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2012/08/i-remember-the-time-before-monads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DCI and Programming with Interfaces</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2012/06/dci-and-programming-with-interfaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intro May&#8217;s rubynortheast covered design issues. Pootsbook delivered an excellent talk, covering just about the right amount of detail and being very clear throughout. His topic was DCI, or Data, Context and Interaction. Based on work by Trygve Reenskaug, who &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2012/06/dci-and-programming-with-interfaces/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An intro to Haskell for Ruby programmers</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2012/05/an-intro-to-haskell-for-ruby-programmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intro Stuck for a topic at Newcastle&#8217;s Ruby group, I attempted an off the cuff talk on what Haskell is about, and what Ruby programmers could learn from it. I was hoping to tie this to a kata-style programming exercise: &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2012/05/an-intro-to-haskell-for-ruby-programmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making coffee the Chinese way</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2010/05/making-coffee-the-chinese-way-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.free-variable.org/2010/05/making-coffee-the-chinese-way-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make coffee with just a cup and a teaspoon. Throw your filter machine and cafetiere away! <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2010/05/making-coffee-the-chinese-way-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why free variable?</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2009/09/why-free-variable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked. Well, I wanted something just a little bit geeky, but the delightful strictly positive has already gone, and terms like &#8216;iota reduction&#8217; just don&#8217;t have the same ring. Plus, &#8216;free variable&#8217; seems quite apt now that I&#8217;m away &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2009/09/why-free-variable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Git!</title>
		<link>http://www.free-variable.org/2009/09/git/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulcc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not me. Well, I think not. I recently gave a talk to the North East&#8217;s excellent SuperMonday group on Git (with a brief intro to the main ideas behind version control). When I was working as a lecturer, it &#8230; <a href="http://www.free-variable.org/2009/09/git/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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