Emerging Langs 2010

After a long day of sessions at Emerging Languages Camp 2010, I caught up with two of the day's presenters, Clojure creator Rich Hickey (you've met Rich before in an Expert to Expert episode with Brian Beckman) and F# compiler developer Joe Pamer. Clojure is a dynamic language that…

"The biggest problem with programming is that we don’t agree on what the problem is", says Jonathan Edwards, who is first and foremost a practicing programmer. Jonathan also spends a great deal of time thinking about how to evolve the languages and tools programmers use to solve…

A group of us gathered after a long day of language sessions at ELC 2010 and a conversation just happened. Sure, we talked about doing this before the camera started rolling, but I pressed record only when the time was right—when EROS creator and BitC designer Jonathan Shapiro asked…

Recently, I got the chance to spend a few days at the Emerging Languages Camp at OSCON 2010 in Portland, Oregon. It was great to learn about so many new (and not-so-new) approaches to programming language design. The event was set up to ensure the maximum number of sessions in an 8-hour chunk…