From 6b1cc7fa04792155f6c34a5fe3fb08b78b33c3e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Taylor <taylor.brennan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:15:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding PR Talk.

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 <eventdefs>
 
 <!-- Spring 2010 -->
+<eventitem date="2010-06-25" time="04:30 PM" room="MC2066" title="Compiling To Combinators">
+  <short><p>Professor Ragde will be giving the first of our Professor talks for the Spring 2010 term.</p></short>
+  <abstract><p>
+    Number theory was thought to be mathematically appealing but practically
+    useless until the RSA encryption algorithm demonstrated its considerable
+    utility. I'll outline how combinatory logic (dating back to 1920) has a
+    similarly unexpected application to efficient and effective compilation,
+    which directly catalyzed the development of lazy functional programming
+    languages such as Haskell. The talk is self-contained; no prior knowledge
+    of functional programming is necessary.
+  <p></abstract>
+</eventitem>
+
 <eventitem date="2010-05-25" time="05:00 PM" room="MC2066" title="Gerald Sussman">
   <short><p>Why Programming is a Good Medium for Expressing Poorly Understood and Sloppily Formulated Ideas</p></short>
   <abstract>Full details found <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/sussman/">here</a></abstract>