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Three Rules for Programming Language Syntax?

By Dave, on January 11th, 2012

I’m always pondering the question: what makes good programming language syntax? One thing occuring to me is that many languages often ignore the 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 few . . . → Read More: Three Rules for Programming Language Syntax?

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On Object-Oriented Programming

By Dave, on July 15th, 2010

There’s an interesting interview with Ralph Johnson and Joe Armstrong over at QCon.  They’re talking generally about whether OOP has been successful, and reflecting on the last few decades.

A few things from the interview caught my eye.  Ralph talks about a fundamental mistake made by the designers of SmallTalk.  In SmallTalk, you don’t . . . → Read More: On Object-Oriented Programming

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