programming-languages on S Anand

The Next Big Language

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Steve Yegge at Google talks about the features of the Next Big Language. He apparantly has inside information about the language corporates are likely to make a big push for. The comments seem to suggest Javascript 2.

Picking a computer language

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Paul Graham on picking a computer language. Excellent read.

Programming language determines security

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Jeff Duntemann argues that the reason for security problems is C/C++, not Microsoft.

Great Hackers

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Excellent article by Paul Graham on great hackers.

Proce55ing

Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Proce55ing: “context for exploring emerging conceptual space…” Looks like a modern graphic programming language to me. Neat, but not a quantum leap. “The Unbearable Lightness of being a Pixel” is an interesting exhibit, though (for its name, not for content).

Perl illiteracy

Thu, 15 May 2003 12:00:00 +0000

US high school seniors can’t read Perl. Not even a simple DeCSS program (obufuscated, of course).

Hello world in many languages

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Hello, world.

Microsoft dumps Java

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Microsoft dumps Java. Doesn’t worry me to much. I’ve never had much use for Java as a user. They’ve ‘adopted’ Perl, though. And I was always a Perl fan.