In this episode I talk with Colin Barrett. We talk his intro to Objective C; exploration to Haskell, OCaml, and other languages; diving deep into functional programming; functional Swift; and more.Our Guest, Colin Barrett@cbarrett on Twitterhttps://www.patreon.com/cbarrettConference AnnouncementsCurry On Barcelona will be taking place June 19-20th. For more information, visit http://www.curry-on.org/2017/.Scala Wave 2017 will be taking place July 7th and 8th. Visit scalawave.io to find out more and to register.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/.PWLConf 2017 will be taking place September 28th in St. Louis, MO, before Strange Loop. Visit http://pwlconf.org/ for more information and to stay updated on latest announcements.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/.CodeMesh is coming up November 8th and 9th in London. For more information, and to keep an eye open for registration, visit http://www.codemesh.io/.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 ColinAdiumHow Colin first got exposed to software developmentFirst exposures to programming languagesObjective CC and C++HypercardLooking into Haskell, OCaml, Ruby and other languagesMacRubybracerGetting into HaskellGoing Broad vs Going DeepPythonSeven Languages in Seven WeeksColin’s experience getting started with Haskell“Depending on the angle you come at it, you either bounce off, or get hooked”Real World HaskellTaking lessons back out of HaskellBlocks in Python and Objective CUncanny Valley of functional programming in Objective CGetting deep into functional programming and functional reactive programmingConal ElliottSwiftItai FerberSwift Evolution ListSmart KeyPathsDigging into SwiftThe dream of a ML family language with Objective C inter-opScalaReactive CocoaWhat is the power of Swift vs Objective C?“Separating out what to do from how to do it”Swift compared to Haskell or an ML running server sideRustKotlinFindBugsRecommendations for introducing more functional SwiftKickstarter librariesKickstarter PreludeKickstarter mobile apps open sourcedKickstarter iOS appFunctional Swift ConferencesTheorems for free!Propositions as TypesStructure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsCompose ConferenceUpcoming plans for a Front-end Functional meetup in NYCBrandon WilliamsAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.