tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post2728587373670566787..comments2024-01-07T23:21:32.676+01:00Comments on The Axis of Eval: Letter to a Young PL EnthusiastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-83024797635462401412012-07-06T21:46:39.172+02:002012-07-06T21:46:39.172+02:00"but its Forth legacy means you have to write..."but its Forth legacy means you have to write your expressions in the wrong order."<br /><br />Have you actually programmed with Factor?Zimbabwe vgtjbkjkijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950240139175717925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-58083212081095829612012-05-09T17:42:20.420+02:002012-05-09T17:42:20.420+02:00This post was really hard to understand but I agre...This post was really hard to understand but I agree with your opinion to start programming with C/C++ and nothing but C/C++ - if you really want to learn a language that is hard to read (write-only language).<br /><br />In my experience the way that Konrad Zuse thought about programming was somehow more appealing to me and I think that Plankalkül ist the most interesting language to start with.<br /><br />The quest to write a compiler is somewhat unnecessary to take the burden of, because there is a much better way to destroy your mind: thinking of XPath as a programming language and compile XPath queries into SQL statements.<br /><br />So and what do you think of APL?omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159077358800547907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-43260489410653756572010-11-21T00:12:13.949+01:002010-11-21T00:12:13.949+01:00What do you think of Nasal? Io? Simula? AWK? Tcl?What do you think of Nasal? Io? Simula? AWK? Tcl?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-14268004652800713502010-07-09T18:02:10.929+02:002010-07-09T18:02:10.929+02:00Commander Pike is one my big heroes, so of course ...Commander Pike is one my big heroes, so of course I'm interested in Go. I haven't seen a lot of interesting stuff in it yet (which is good, in a way – using Go shouldn't be surprising and I like that). One thing that bothers me slightly about it is that the authors seem to live in a bit of a bubble. For example (one of my pet peeves, so watch out ;)), resumable exceptions are the bee's knees for handling all kinds of (abnormal) situations, interactively or programmatically. That's simply a fact. And Go doesn't even have ordinary exceptions, AFAIU. Instead they go for some unproven new thingy, which IMO only adds confusion.<br /><br />Goroutines sure are nice. And given that Go will probably find many users, and is driven by a couple of high-profile people, it surely is one of the most interesting new languages to watch.<br /><br />I haven't heard of Vala, but I'll take a look.Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-11651392301163852992010-07-09T16:24:20.416+02:002010-07-09T16:24:20.416+02:00What do you think of Go ? And Vala ?What do you think of Go ? And Vala ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-84331017862618254662010-06-21T23:23:31.560+02:002010-06-21T23:23:31.560+02:00Thank you for this post; it is very helpful for a ...Thank you for this post; it is very helpful for a young PL enthusiast like me. :)Mathnerd314https://www.blogger.com/profile/03832455781364274609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-29574741201807320182010-06-21T16:56:09.491+02:002010-06-21T16:56:09.491+02:00Patrick, I've compiled to JavaScript in the fi...Patrick, I've <a href="http://github.com/manuel/cyberlisp" rel="nofollow">compiled to JavaScript</a> in the first iteration, but now I'd like to move one level lower. And it's already much more fun. :)Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-85292680225920498152010-06-21T14:44:16.782+02:002010-06-21T14:44:16.782+02:00Compile to Gambit would be pretty easy as at least...Compile to Gambit would be pretty easy as at least an initial implementation.patrickdloganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030151653908100586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-77295558901135996772010-06-21T14:42:13.269+02:002010-06-21T14:42:13.269+02:00Motorola 68000 was a nice instruction set.Motorola 68000 was a nice instruction set.patrickdloganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030151653908100586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-23233920621543153142010-06-21T10:25:31.971+02:002010-06-21T10:25:31.971+02:00Great post!
Thank you : )Great post!<br />Thank you : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-59761792480961427062010-06-21T09:48:35.933+02:002010-06-21T09:48:35.933+02:00Sorry, I've no idea (I'm focusing on compi...Sorry, I've no idea (I'm focusing on compiling to C atm), but I've heard roughly the same thing.Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-57610676773891878052010-06-21T09:24:56.861+02:002010-06-21T09:24:56.861+02:00Which assembly language/CPU instruction set would ...Which assembly language/CPU instruction set would you consider well-designed?<br />I've read that:<br />* 6502 is good<br />* x86 sucks<br />* RISC is cool/better<br />* PDP-10 is greatUdyant Wignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-38462741681000702512010-06-21T06:18:52.888+02:002010-06-21T06:18:52.888+02:00Lua is definitely on the well-designed end of the ...Lua is definitely on the well-designed end of the spectrum, the VM is small and elegant, and the performance of LuaJIT is simply awesome. In fact, having an implementation that's as small and performant as Lua's is one of the challenges I have set myself for my next language.<br /><br />I know next to nothing about Objective-C.Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-74510147471253265292010-06-21T06:08:48.538+02:002010-06-21T06:08:48.538+02:00What would you say of Lua and Objective-C?
Just c...What would you say of Lua and Objective-C?<br /><br />Just curious.alexleveringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065416053298037954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-50051519779855085322010-06-21T03:04:18.756+02:002010-06-21T03:04:18.756+02:00The styling is fine.The styling is fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-50537916733994042042010-06-21T02:42:26.586+02:002010-06-21T02:42:26.586+02:00@Anonymous I am taking the liberty to continually ...@Anonymous I am taking the liberty to continually diss Perl, because Larry continually disses Lisp, while building a language that takes huge parts of inspiration from it, which I think is unfair.<br /><br />I should put that in a disclaimer somewhere.<br /><br />And Perl does suck hard qua language, but I still respect it for its utility.<br /><br />Re the fonts: Sorry, but you'll have to turn off the style sheet.Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-38971526499508745812010-06-20T03:12:24.427+02:002010-06-20T03:12:24.427+02:00I actually enjoyed this blog post. As I reflect, t...I actually enjoyed this blog post. As I reflect, the sad part is that I actually knew most of the language names, and your poetic interpretation of their nature.Rajesh Vasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311715567919671158noreply@blogger.com