In this episode I talk with Erik Svedäng. We talk his background in functional programming, game development, and creating Carp, a statically typed Lisp for use in game development.Our Guest, Erik Svedänghttps://eriksvedang.com/@e_svedang on Twittereriksvedang on GithubCarp on GithubConference AnnouncementsElm Europe will be taking place June 8th and 9th in Paris, France. Visit http://elmeurope.org/ for more information and to register. Erlang User Conference 2017 will be taking place June 8th and 9th in Stockholm, Sweden. Visit http://www.erlang-factory.com/euc2017 for more information and to register.ZuriHac 2017 will be taking place in Zurich on the 9th-11th of June. For more information, and to register visit https://zurihac.info/Oslo Elm Day is a one-day conference about Elm taking place June 10th in Oslo, Norway. Visit https://osloelmday.no/ for more information and to register.Curry On Barcelona will be taking place June 19-20th. For more information, visit http://www.curry-on.org/2017/.O’Reilly Fluent Conference will be taking place June 19–22, 2017 in San Jose, California. Visit http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/61309 to find out more and to register, and use code USRG for 20% off.EuroClojure will be taking place in Berlin, Germany on July 20th & 21st. Visit http://2017.euroclojure.org/ for more information and to keep updated.BusConf will be taking place the 3rd-5th of August in Frankfurt, Germany. Registration is open, and more information can be found at http://www.bus-conf.org/.The Strange Loop coming! It will be held in St. Louis, MO on September 28-30, 2017 at the Peabody Opera House. To submit your CfP, visit http://thestrangeloop.com/.Open FSharp will be taking place the 28th-29th of September in San Francisco, California. Visit openfsharp.org for more information and to register.LambdaWorld will be taking place in Cadiz, Spain on October 26th and 27th. For more information visit and to keep updated visit http://www.lambda.world/.If you have a conference related to functional programming, contact me, and I will be happy to announce it.AnnouncementsSome of you have asked how you can support Functional Geekery, in that vein,Functional Geekery now has a Patreon Page.If that is one of the ways you would like to show your support, you canfind out more at https://www.patreon.com/fngeekery.Topics [@About ErikCarp LanguageDesire to make a gameHow Erik was exposed to functional programmingElse Heart.Break()Putting a programming language inside a gameStructure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsFascination with programming and human languagesFitting functional programming ideas into game developmentDr. RacketLINQFoundation for starting a new language to do game development withClojureQuillHaskellGlossF#UnityReasons behind combining types and a Lisp in CarpIntegrating Types and MacrosTyped RacketClojure.typedLessons in language design for game engine loop performance levelsRustMemory management in CarpInteractivity in developing a game in CarpWondering how much should Algebraic Data Types should be brought into a LispCurrent state of CarpWhere to find out more about CarpCarp on GitterResearch.md in Carp repositoryType-Driven Development with IdrisAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.