Structural insight

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Primacy of syntax

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One of the most influential papers in the history of computer science is Christopher Strachey's 1967 "Fundamental Concepts in Progr...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Dangerous things should be difficult to do by accident

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Although this is a key principle for design in general —scarcely behind supporting what the system is being designed to do— I'm mainly i...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Fexpr

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Fexpr is a noun.  It's pronounced FEKSper .  A fexpr is a procedure that acts on the syntax of its operands, rather than on the values ...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Memetic organisms

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When Richard Dawkins coined the word meme (back in 1976, in The Selfish Gene — a must read), I suggest he made one understandable mistake...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Prosaic first post

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A favorite quote of mine is "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."  Attributed to Mark Twain, though I see Wikiquote ...
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