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Last Updated 07/17/2012

Posts By: Robb Nebbe

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03/11/2012I don't see how you can avoid someReferences about the importance of formalism in programming language design
02/28/2012from the perspective of a language like Cwhy first-class functions
03/01/2012if you are designing a languagewhy first-class functions
12/05/2011An older thread about "Perlis" languages might be of interestGeneral purpose as a special case?
12/10/2011you do use paradigm in a stricter sense than I doGeneral purpose as a special case?
09/30/2011both affirmative and critical design seem necessaryCritical Programming Language Design
08/08/2011The DSL examples at the end were interestingProgramming and Scaling
07/24/2011Depends on the languageIs it possible to write code that works the very first time?
07/14/2011There are three issues hereThe Last Language?
07/14/2011Obviously I meant one at a timeThe Last Language?
07/14/2011like the table of elements?The Last Language?
07/16/2011you're both rightThe Last Language?
07/15/2011like natural language or like mathematicsThe Last Language?
07/16/2011incomplete or inconsistentThe Last Language?
07/17/2011self-definition is insufficientThe Last Language?
07/16/2011mathematical language is now relatively staticThe Last Language?
06/28/2011depends a lot on the detailsHow to explain a new programming language?
06/26/2011Composition is Anti-Modularmodules are anti-modular
06/25/2011aha!The Value Of Syntax?
06/25/2011programming as language creationThe Value Of Syntax?
06/25/2011conciseness is importantThe Value Of Syntax?
03/23/2011support for inductionBob Harper of CMU is blogging about programming languages and introductory CS education
11/19/2010programs still have to workClojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem
11/22/2010I doubt they applyClojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem
11/22/2010The point I wanted to makeClojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem
11/23/2010doubt trade-off is necessaryClojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem
11/22/2010possibility of eliminating a correct programClojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem
10/13/2010a little better just isn't good enoughThe barrier to take-up of language innovation
07/16/2010I would say bothIs mathematics invention or discovery?
07/16/2010Depends a lot on who you askIs lambda calculus a logic?
06/16/2010design versus productionsome critiques of the Semat initiative
05/27/2010modularity is the key to scalabilitySeeking thoughtful criticisms of functional programming and languages
05/27/2010That isn't really the focus of functional languagesSeeking thoughtful criticisms of functional programming and languages
05/27/2010That isn't really the focus of functional languagesSeeking thoughtful criticisms of functional programming and languages
05/27/2010perhaps I was unclear since you misunderstoodSeeking thoughtful criticisms of functional programming and languages
09/01/2009Article a bit confusedApple "adds closures to C" in Mac OS X 10.6
08/24/2009Several Language Revisions of AdaWhy determinism matters in language design.
08/17/2009Null Type: bottom type or minimal typeKinds of Null
08/12/2009Good PointThe End of the GPU Roadmap
07/23/2009clarity and concisenessResolved Debates in Syntax Design ?
06/18/2009Perlis LanguagesPerlis Languages
06/18/2009MacrosPerlis Languages
06/18/2009Logic Programming LanguagesPerlis Languages
06/18/2009languages I left off the listPerlis Languages
06/18/2009Typed Assembly LanguagePerlis Languages
06/18/2009Perl and PythonPerlis Languages
06/19/2009First Language was BASICPerlis Languages
06/22/2009Interesting OpinionPerlis Languages
06/24/2009I regularly use UMLPerlis Languages
06/24/2009Is Objective-C revolutionary?Perlis Languages
11/19/2010proof by exampleWhy are objects so unintuitive?

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