<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16443"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm not sure this is the right conference if its mostly for experienced Racketeers, but if its being video'ed it might still be useful. But I think it would be useful in some conference to have a talk on Racket for experienced imperative programmers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Why they should be using it. What advantages it gives them over their usual languages.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>How its"practical" ,  fast, has FFI, modules, system command etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But most of all how to approach learning it if you have a project starting in the next few months.  A reading list, and most of all prioritizing the different Racket and functional programming topics. What are the most important topics to learn before you have to start writing your project and what can be absorbed later etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Harry Spier</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>