Modified Rakefile to use rule for pdf generation.

Pdf generation of slides looked horrible just stick with s5.
Removed / prefix for the images pdftex did not like them
Fixed some bugs in the notes.

functional-programming/Rakefile

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ rule '.png' => '.svg' do |t|
     sh "#{cov} #{t.source} #{t.name}"
 end
 
+rule '.pdf' => '.markdown' do |t|
+    sh "markdown2pdf -N -o #{t.name} #{t.source}"
+end
+
 file 'slides.html' => 'slides.markdown' do
     sh "pandoc -w s5 -s slides.markdown > slides.html"
 end
@@ -27,15 +31,12 @@ file 'languages.png' => 'language-study.list' do
     sh "perl language-study.list2dot language-study.list | dot -Tpng > languages.png"
 end
 
-file 'notes.pdf' => 'notes.markdown' do
-    sh "markdown2pdf -N -o notes.pdf notes.markdown"
-end
-
 file 'slides.markdown' => [ 
     'lazy-eager-single-multi.png',
     'dynamic-static-strong-weak.png',
     'languages.png', 
     'parabola.png', 
     'curve.png'
 ]
+
 file 'notes.markdown' => []

functional-programming/notes.markdown

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 
 ### Inventory
 
-- How has used a functional language?
-- How has used a functional language after completing their education?
-- How has written a LINQ query?
+- Who has used a functional language?
+- Who has used a functional language after completing their education?
+- Who has written a LINQ query?
 
 ### Anecdote
 
 - Euclid greek mathematician 300 BC known for:
-    + Elements, 13 books containing from the ground up geometry and number theory Euclidean algorithm
+    + Elements, 13 books containing from the ground up geometry and number theory 
     + Euclidean algorithm, efficient algorithm to calculate gcd 
 
 > When Ptolemy the First asked Euclid if there was no shorter road to geometry than the Elements, he replied, "there is no royal road to geometry." 
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 
 ### Timeline
 
+- Stripped down [history of programming languages][hist]
 - Lisp one of the first programming languages
     + predates C by 14 years
     + based on untyped lambda calculus
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@
       languages
 - Clojure a Lisp on the JVM and .Net
 
+[hist]: http://oreilly.com/news/languageposter_0504.html
+
 ## Taxonomy
 
 - Languages can be classified in different ways
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@
     + Python
     + Ruby
     + Scala
-- F# no interpreter on the fly compilation
+- F# no interpreter but on the fly compilation
 
 ### Type inference
 
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@
 
 - Examples
 - F# supports **Active Patterns** functions to be run as part of pattern matching
-  Makes it possible to match over arbitrary types and paremeterize pattern 
+  Makes it possible to match over arbitrary types and parameterize pattern 
   matching.
 
 ### Algabraic data types
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ Java JSE 7 proposed syntax quite ugly
 - example
 - naive is **not** tail recursive
     + large and/or unbalanced tree's -> stackoverflow
-- continuation passing pass the function that should be invoked with answer
+- continuation passing, pass the function that should be invoked with answer
 - both sizeCont left (fun leftSize -> .. are tail recursive
 
 ## Memoization
@@ -216,9 +219,15 @@ Java JSE 7 proposed syntax quite ugly
 - chaining computations
 - jukky cs example
 
-# What is it good at?
+# When to use it?
 
 ## Stateless
 
 - web/REST
 
+# When not to use it?
+
+- a lotta state
+- interoperabillity, e.g. Haskell, Erlang only interoperate with C
+- team knowledge
+

functional-programming/slides.markdown

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
 # Example 
 
-![](/parabola.png "A simple function")
+![](parabola.png "A simple function")
 
 # Non-example
 
-![](/curve.png "A simple curve")
+![](curve.png "A simple curve")
 
 # Definition of a Function
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     + untyped lambda calculus
     + simply typed lambda calculus  
 
-![](/languages.png "Abbreviated genealogy of functional programming languages")
+![](languages.png "Abbreviated genealogy of functional programming languages")
 
 # Taxonomy
 
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
 
 # Taxonomy
 
-![](/dynamic-static-strong-weak.png "dynamic vs. static and strong vs. weak typing") 
+![](dynamic-static-strong-weak.png "dynamic vs. static and strong vs. weak typing") 
 
 # Taxonomy 
 
-![](/lazy-eager-single-multi.png "lazy vs eager evaluation and single vs multi-paradigm" )
+![](lazy-eager-single-multi.png "lazy vs eager evaluation and single vs multi-paradigm" )
 
 # Features