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The Go Programming Language turns two . I really want to like Go (Commander Pike is one of my heroes, and systems programming currently eith...

It is something of a commonplace to say that Horror JavaScript is a Lisp or Scheme in disguise. But that's completely wrong! Yeah, JavaS...

I'm working on a Ninjas/Nazis/Bavarian Illuminati/Aliens/Werewolves* movie, so I don't have as much time for PL geekery atm. Here ar...

Open, extensible composition models by Ian Piumarta. Did VPRI just enter the FEXPR game? The evaluator corrects several semantic inadequac...

The post on Dennis Ritchie by Herb Sutter is wonderful: Before C, there was far more hardware diversity than we see in the industry today. ...

Jacques Mattheij introduces an evocative term: toolstrapping : "Whatever tool you are building, you need that tool to build the tool....

People get annoyed when they must write two lines of code instead of one, but I don't. It's called programming. – Rob Pike

Nathan Marz has an interesting proposal, How to beat the CAP theorem , that should resonate with all you FP shills out there: make all your ...

Programming Language Checklist : You appear to be advocating a new programming language. Your language will not work. Here is why it will ...

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...