I'm not against types, but I don't know of any type systems that aren't a complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing. (HT Pau...

Had a conversation with a friend about delimited, composable continuations again. Previously, I've linked to some papers about delimited...

A quick update on Kernel buzz: There are now fourfivesixseven 19  (I stopped counting) implementations of Kernel and Kernel-like langua...

I'm becoming aware of a whole Lambda-Meme-Universe ! This one via Dorophone :

(via Paul )

A slightly confused anonymous commenter (I get to say such things about anonymous commenters, right?) reminded me of this quote by Ray Dill...

This post by David Barbour is one of the most insightful statements on macros I have read (along with Vladimir Sedach's analysis ): It ...

Another awesome talk by Alan "I invented the term" Kay, after the recent Programming and Scaling . "The internet is practica...

I really need to understand Zippers . This seems like a good article. In the meantime, I'll meditate on the following diagram.

Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of a still image taken from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odys...

A post by HXA about the ideology of software engineering prompted me to re-read an old Ted Nelson essay . Some choice quotes: "Virtua...

I love Kernel ! Let's face it: While Paul Graham has reanimated Lisp, Lisp has become stuck in a rut. CL hasn't changed since '9...

I'm keeping a quite detailed log of Virtua on the new Subjot service: http://subjot.com/manuel/virtua . (Subjot is an interesting new...

Virtua will be my next programming language, with the following core features: combined object lambda architecture delimited continuations ...

Delimited continuations are one of those topics where you need to spend months or maybe even years in the cloud of unknowing, until it sudde...

I've rewritten the Scheme interpreter from Kent Dybvig's dissertation Three Implementation Models for Scheme in JavaScript: Schampi...

I was discussing implementation inheritance on Twitter (no really!), when it dawned on me that my discussion partner was from a different ...

" Nerd ? We prefer the term intellectual badass ." – Unknown AMD Fusion Developer Summit Keynotes , about AMD's upcoming ...

(click to enlarge; via @ hexmanshu )

There are so many nice things to be learned from Lisp - and Kernel . Take this: A Lisp REPL reads forms input by the user. But Lisp is nev...

( via @ zachlendon ) Previously:

Reading the interesting Portable and high-level access to the stack with Continuation Marks , I found the following quote about procedure ca...