Lambda the Ultimate

This paper by Josh Shinavier presents Ripple, a concatenative, multivalued, pipeline language for RDF metaprogramming.

From the Abstract:

The idea of linked programs, or procedural RDF metadata, has not been deeply explored. This paper introduces a dedicated scripting language for linked data, called Ripple, whose programs both operate upon and reside in RDF graphs. Ripple is a variation on the concatenative theme of functional, stack-oriented languages such as Joy and Factor, and takes a multivalued, pipeline approach to query composition. The Java implementation includes a query API, an extensible library of primitive functions, and an interactive command-line interpreter.

Following on from last year, I've started organising an AngloHaskell event for 2007. It's early days yet, but planning is taking place on the haskell wiki at http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/AngloHaskell and on #anglohaskell on irc.freenode.net - anyone who might attend is welcome to join in the discussion.

Last year's event was good fun, featuring practically-oriented and hobbyist talks, punting and plenty of pub time. The organisation process may seem a little haphazard, but an important part of laziness is being able to evaluate things when they are in fact demanded! On that basis, a time and a venue are the first order of business.