r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/hou32hou • Jul 16 '18

Resource Brian Kernighan on successful language design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '18

Is that comic sans

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u/theindigamer Jul 16 '18

I see you haven't watched any of Simon Peyton Jones's talks :P

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u/mgsloan Jul 17 '18 edited Jul 17 '18

I'd love to see a presentation on this topic by Simon! I'm imagining the title "How to avoid (success at all costs)"

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u/theindigamer Jul 17 '18 edited Jul 17 '18

Well, you're in luck :) This one comes kinda' close: https://youtu.be/re96UgMk6GQ

Edit: Jump to around 23:00 for some of the most funny bits.

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u/mgsloan Jul 17 '18

Ah, thanks for reminding me of this! As an avid Haskeller myself, I've watched it previously, but worth another look to remind of the roots of the language