topic proposal: discrete event simulator

[gvwilson]

Simulation was one of the reasons OOP was invented, and interacting objects with their own state and control flow is a natural way to represent things like the flow of messages through a complex tangle of microservices. Showing how to do such simulations in a pure functional language would put a spotlight on the differences between the two paradigms.

[lukewilliamboswell]

DES is fun. I've experimented a little using Elm.

This would be a great topic I think. It would be a good excuse to implement a priority queue data structure for the event list 😀

If I get the text editor done I would be happy to chip away at this of no one else picks it up.

[HajagosNorbert]

I'll happily take this on! (and no more chapters unless I'm done with this and ftp, I promise) Talked with @lukewilliamboswell about this on zulip and said he's ok with me doing this, but I don't want to talk on his behalf. Realized it would have been better to keep communication under the issue, so will do so in the future.

[gvwilson]

it's yours - thank you.

[HajagosNorbert]

I thank you.

[lukewilliamboswell]

I look forward to seeing this develop. I'm no expert, just think simulation is cool. 😃