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Last Updated 07/17/2012

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07/14/2012well, not in C++ ...Language Implementation 101
07/16/2012in syntax to type variablesLanguage Implementation 101
07/16/2012finite concrete trusted primitive sub-graph for basis?Language Implementation 101
07/18/2012some other design note besides limited typesLanguage Implementation 101
07/17/2012suggest mark-and-sweep or stop-and-copyLanguage Implementation 101
07/09/2012thesis expansion encouragedErik Meijer started a discussion on Domain Specific Languages
06/27/2012Go's prospects look upbeat to meLess is exponentially more: Rob Pike on Go and Why C++ Programmers Aren't Flocking to it.
06/27/2012thanks, I can only offer funny ideasLess is exponentially more: Rob Pike on Go and Why C++ Programmers Aren't Flocking to it.
06/18/2012I think folks should explain more often...Null, bottom, etc.?
06/09/2012can you describe the brain drain?Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?
06/10/2012assuming more feedback is better than less...Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?
06/11/2012I think I can expand a bit more:Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?
06/11/2012I'm all for measuringWhy Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?
06/05/2012I want to like graphical languagesGraphical languages of the Russian space program
06/06/2012view oriented programming?Graphical languages of the Russian space program
06/08/2012any interesting tidbits to offer?Graphical languages of the Russian space program
06/08/2012maybe a narrower single topic?Graphical languages of the Russian space program
06/03/2012that's an interesting object modelTalents: Dynamically Composable Units of Reuse
06/08/2012comedy dialog (meant in a nice way)Wat
06/08/2012I got carried awayWat
06/01/2012more places when a high bar is passedPythonect (A New Programming Language) Call for Syntax! All feedback and comments are appreciated!
06/01/2012no transitive criticism intendedPythonect (A New Programming Language) Call for Syntax! All feedback and comments are appreciated!
05/23/2012another vote for concurrency supportLanguages & Niches
05/24/2012can't be too clearLanguages & Niches
04/15/2012free associationsSymmetry in type systems
04/23/2012relative to POVQuantitative comparison of unit testing vs. static typing?
03/28/2012curious about expensive refcountingRetrospective Thoughts on BitC
03/28/2012linear in aliasesRetrospective Thoughts on BitC
03/09/2012scale seems one person taskLanguage mystery: identify the source language to a worm based on its object code
02/29/2012some kind of databaseMassive Numbers of Actors vs. Massive Numbers of Objects vs. ????
03/01/2012misc impressionsMassive Numbers of Actors vs. Massive Numbers of Objects vs. ????
02/24/2012depends on thread efficiencyLong rant on Erlang-style Actors: Lost Dimension
02/27/2012discontiguous is usefulLong rant on Erlang-style Actors: Lost Dimension
03/01/2012hard developmentLong rant on Erlang-style Actors: Lost Dimension
12/16/2011another template storyDesigning a languge — what theory is a must?
11/22/2011evidence as rational reasonREPL-schmepl?
11/22/2011of executionREPL-schmepl?
12/06/2011Conway's LawModels for distributed parallelism
12/08/2011model making suggestionsModels for distributed parallelism
11/06/2011perfect is a tough nutHow to determine your new language is perfect?
11/08/2011no, but sounds interesting"We Really Don't Know How to Compute!" by Gerald Sussman
10/26/2011honor him by studying his worksJohn McCarthy has passed
10/14/2011C was my favorite language for yearsDennis Ritchie passed away
10/17/2011text-based macrosDennis Ritchie passed away
09/23/2011docs as you goRedesigning the Mozart virtual machine
09/26/2011random notesRedesigning the Mozart virtual machine
08/29/2011improving callbacks via metadata for compilers?Asynchronous messaging as integral part of programming language
08/30/2011marginal but closing feedback loopAsynchronous messaging as integral part of programming language
07/16/2011harm caused by undelimited continuations?Implementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/19/2011less is more?Implementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/19/2011too authority orientedImplementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/20/2011apology offeredImplementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/20/2011focus on reset and shift?Implementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/21/2011not yet, but thanksImplementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/23/2011useful detail, thanksImplementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
07/22/2011set of related tools thenImplementor's guide/tutorial to delimited continuations?
03/05/2012plans and badgesWittgenstein versus Turing on Inconsistency Robustness
06/29/2012belated questionBob Harper of CMU is blogging about programming languages and introductory CS education
03/19/2011informal semantics descriptionContinuations that store the heap?
02/25/2011yes, it's quite interestingInfoQ video + transcript of Rob Pike on Go
02/09/2011pipes sound goodStrongly Typed Coroutines (minor question)
02/10/2011expanding context a littleStrongly Typed Coroutines (minor question)
01/12/2011pyramid for evidenceFast Compilers
01/05/2011data structure games for speed?The AST Typing Problem
01/17/2011thanks for map detailThe AST Typing Problem
12/15/2010the related work section caught my eyeSemi-implicit batched remote code execution as staging
12/15/2010channels for what?Semi-implicit batched remote code execution as staging
12/06/2010a note on why this is usefulContinuation-Passing C: Compiling threads to events through continuations
12/08/2010contrarian approval of duplicationContinuation-Passing C: Compiling threads to events through continuations
12/08/2010cheney does not require contiguousReference Counting vs Tracing Garbage Collection?
12/09/2010member-of-heap mapReference Counting vs Tracing Garbage Collection?
11/30/2010practice at workTolerant vs. Demanding Software
12/03/2010off topic: wondering whether junior devs still learn CTolerant vs. Demanding Software
12/16/2010san jose networkingTolerant vs. Demanding Software
12/28/2010counting bytesTolerant vs. Demanding Software
10/22/2010weak tyro adviceLooking for pointers: mixfix error recovery
10/13/2010or in flows of bytesThe barrier to take-up of language innovation
10/15/2010tools can help remove barriersThe barrier to take-up of language innovation
10/08/2010benefits of ropes if developedDesign Principles Behind Smalltalk
09/07/2010separate frontend and backendChoosing a VM for a concurrent language
09/08/2010but it makes me less verboseChoosing a VM for a concurrent language
09/09/2010you say tomatoChoosing a VM for a concurrent language
09/08/2010might use that next timeChoosing a VM for a concurrent language
04/26/2010useful productivityIn the wild
02/24/2010coroutines and lightweight processesSmall PL Thought Experiment
02/24/2010expanding ffi remarkSmall PL Thought Experiment
02/25/2010cost of virtualSmall PL Thought Experiment
02/26/2010isolation (not sure why I keep responding)Small PL Thought Experiment
12/12/2009as usual, it dependsUsing a single stack in the presence of continuations
11/17/2009and reducing larger complexity to constant timeGo or Unladen Swallow?
10/25/2009sounds interesting...Languages and systems for edge-computing?
08/21/2009yeah, statistically useful is what mattersWhy determinism matters in language design.
07/15/2009devil's advocates: missing in actionIn the Land of Invented Languages
11/17/2010objects promoting bad intuitionWhy are objects so unintuitive?
09/04/2008easy in simple interpreters with frame based bindingsdoing letrec with lambdas
10/19/2007any particular interest?Any multi-threaded interpreters?
08/12/2007implementation angleGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/12/2007all or just someGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/12/2007granular heapGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/14/2007not 1 to 1, or 1 to N, N to MGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/12/2007big data setsGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/12/2007mmap standardGarbage Collection Without Paging
08/12/2007generic optimizationGarbage Collection Without Paging
07/28/2007ranking systemsLtU turns 7: The year of spam
07/29/2007"grid" terminologyLtU turns 7: The year of spam
07/23/2007just curiousWrapping the Cloud with .NET
07/25/2007I've been spun! :-)Wrapping the Cloud with .NET
07/17/2007tech stuff is on topicWhoever does not understand LISP, is doomed to reinvent it.
07/14/2007physics in schemeCurrent "best books on FP"?
07/11/2007stack overflow AST nodes[ANN] YARD 1.0: C++ Template Metaprogramming Parsing Framework
07/05/2007more details might draw more suggestionsAsynchronous calls and error handling
07/06/2007async in language runtimeAsynchronous calls and error handling
07/06/2007cps and asyncAsynchronous calls and error handling
07/06/2007ratifyAsynchronous calls and error handling
07/08/2007unclosed code in preAsynchronous calls and error handling
07/01/2007negotiating oobBranching affordance?
06/24/2007static verification and asyncLanguage Support for Fast and Reliable Message-based Communication
06/24/2007I like the sound of thatLanguage Support for Fast and Reliable Message-based Communication
07/01/2007burden of proofStanding on each others' feet
07/02/2007Isaac Gouy: Please help byStanding on each others' feet
07/02/2007skepticism has no burden of proofStanding on each others' feet
07/02/2007we're in a rat holeStanding on each others' feet
06/09/2007maybe SML to Scheme?ECMAScript Edition 4 Reference Implementation
06/10/2007eopl macrosECMAScript Edition 4 Reference Implementation
06/10/2007excellent!ECMAScript Edition 4 Reference Implementation
05/23/2007typical dynamic lookup costfunction overriding workaround in dynamically typed languages
05/01/2007scratching out rewritesArc in action (a.k.a. it's aliiiiive!)
05/04/2007freely available vs controlArc in action (a.k.a. it's aliiiiive!)
05/05/2007quid pro quoArc in action (a.k.a. it's aliiiiive!)
05/07/2007reasonable choices, ultimate goalsArc in action (a.k.a. it's aliiiiive!)
05/08/2007you're mostly rightArc in action (a.k.a. it's aliiiiive!)
06/13/2007real or virtual?Steps Toward The Reinvention of Programming
03/09/2007mixed gc and manual allocationWhy people don't use functional programming?
06/10/2006higher text graph encoding densityHuman Factors Research On Programming Language Syntax
05/22/2006Joe's cousin Moe, the optimistruby vs python
05/13/2006what a gyp!The Nature of Lisp (a tutorial)
05/14/2006pejorative language namesThe Nature of Lisp (a tutorial)
05/18/2006M-expressionsThe Nature of Lisp (a tutorial)
05/10/2006made with alien technologyThe Nature of Lisp (a tutorial)
07/19/2006profiling memory useThe Next Mainstream Programming Languages

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