The kata - 型 - is often used to describe practicing and perfecting a choreographed pattern of moves. It turns out that it is quite interesting when applied outside of the dojo too.

 

This workshop is about doing kata by solving one of my favourite problems several times, but with different restrictions, e.g. strictly object oriented (smalltalk style), purely functional, strictly procedural. We will discuss solutions, drawbacks, similarities, and elegance.

 

You can bring any language and environment you would like, as this the workshop is about having fun with problems together. Problem input and reference solutions will be provided by the instructor.

 

The problem itself has a flavour of computer science, but should be quite familiar to all participants.