In this episode I talk with Rahul Muttineni. We talk his path into software, exposure to functional programming, what lead to the desire to create Eta, what a Haskell on the JVM looks like, and more.Our Guest, Rahul Muttineni@rahulmutt on TwitterTypelead@eta_lang on TwitterAnnouncementsLambda Days will be taking place again on the 9th and 10th of February 2017. Visit www.lambdadays.org to submit your talk and keep updated as more information becomes available.Kats Conf 2 will be taking place in Dublin, Ireland on the 18th of February. Visit http://www.katsconf.com/ to register and for more information.ClojureD will be taking place on the 25th of February, 2017, in Berlin, Germany. Visit www.clojured.de to get tickets and keep updated as more information becomes available.BOB Konf is taking place the 24th of February 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Visit www.bobkonf.de for more information about the conference.ElixirDaze is coming up on March 2nd and 3rd. With keynotes by Prag Dave Thomas and Saša Jurić, make sure to visit www.elixirdaze.com for more information and to register.Destination Code, a new unconference starting in Utah, is having its inaugural event March 27-30th, 2017. Visit http://www.destination.codes/ to find out more.Erlang & Elixir Factory 2017 is on the 23rd and 24th of March. Visit www.erlang-factory.com/sfbay2017 for more information.flatMap(Oslo) is a FP-conference with focus on Scala and the JVM, taking place on May 2nd and 3rd in Oslo, Norway. Please go to http://2017.flatmap.no/cfp/ to learn more.Elm Europe will be taking place June 8th and 9th in Paris, France. Visit http://elmeurope.org/ for more information and to register. If you have a conference related to functional programming, contact me, and I will be happy to announce it.Topics [@About RahulEtaHow Rahul got into softwareJavaProject EulerPythonHaskellPicking up Haskell in “high school”Overview of EtaThe path to desiring to write a Haskell on the JVMClojure“That simple fact of being able to fall back to an existing technology helped me to understand the importance of the JVM”FregeSTGCharles NutterMirandaUsing Haskell Libraries in EtaTranslating STG intermediate language to the JVM intermediate languageForeign Function Interface (FFI) in Haskell on the JVMOverview of Java interopWhat the interest in Eta looking likeTypeleadEta siteEta as a fully lazy language on the JVMThunksGetting started with EtaSparkIntegrating Eta and Spark.hs file extensionEta Package Managerepm initWhat areas could the community help support EtaHadoopJDBCWeb Application Interface (WAI) in HaskellThanks to those who support EtaEtaEta GitterEta Mailing ListEta on SlackTypeleadEta playgroundEta on GithubAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.