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Well, it’s been almost two months in the making, but here’s the next release of Whiley. Quite of lot of changes, although there remain significant issues to resolve — particularly with the front-end. ChangeLog Fixed outstanding problem with list and set types related to type tests. More specifically, on the negative branch of a . . . → Read More: Whiley v0.3.13 Released! Yesterday, I serendipitously came across two things which got me thinking about the future of programming languages: The first was an excellent article entitled “Welcome to the Hardware Jungle” by Herb Sutter. This article is about the coming advent our multicore overlords. Whilst this might sound like something you’ve heard before, it’s actually well . . . → Read More: Connecting the Dots on the Future of Programming Languages I’m always pondering the question: what makes good programming language syntax? One thing occuring to me is that many languages often ignore the [[Human-computer interaction|HCI]] aspect. For me, it’s a given that the purpose of a programming language is to simplify the programmer’s life, not the other way around. So, I thought of a . . . → Read More: Three Rules for Programming Language Syntax? |
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