IFIP Working Group 2.8 Meeting

A pivotal meeting of functional programming researchers where the decision was made to form a committee to design a common standard for lazy functional languages.

Significance

This meeting was the crucible where the idea of Haskell was forged, uniting disparate research efforts under a common goal and laying the foundation for the language's creation.

Key facts

Date
1987-09-01
Type
conference
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA (and/or San Antonio, Texas, USA)