Monthly Archives: May 2013

The naming of a language

“The naming of cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games.”  The naming of programming languages is also important.  As with any project a name is needed to be able to refer to, and it … Continue reading

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An exercise in Language Design

When I was doing my honours year in Computer Science (UNSW, 1986) I wanted to design a new programming language.  That would be a rather large project for an honours year and naturally it didn’t happen.  I have remained interested … Continue reading

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