# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (October 12, 2013)

The log contained minimal substantive discussion, but these points were noteworthy:

* A user mentioned working on Python-friendly bindings for BRLCAD (a solid modeling CAD system), noting the current bindings are "raw and confusing" with cryptic naming conventions like using "rhs" to represent triangles.

* There was a brief mention of Excel integration with an unspecified tool or system.

* A user shared a paper on mushroom cultivation via DOI 10.1002/jctb.503310198, which was retrieved by the channel's paperbot.

* Another paper with DOI 10.1038/385303a0 was shared and successfully retrieved by the paperbot.

* A user expressed a need for more Haskell developers in the Nashville area, suggesting ongoing functional programming projects in that region.