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This blog post responds to the claim that WebAssembly is not a pure stack machine by discussing its design with locals and comparing it to Forth, arguing that it still fits the definition of a stack machine and that its register-like locals improve readability and performance.
A talk tracing the evolution from goto spaghetti to structured loops and finally to recursion schemes, showing how control-flow abstractions mirror data structures and why most languages still hide the best combinators.
TLA+ semantics guarantee nonordered updates, but the TLC model checker breaks these guarantees by requiring ordered assignments and adding effectful operators like PrintT, causing confusion for beginners.
Matt Pocock announces he is building an app called Slopwatch from the ground up while filming the entire process, aiming to share practical tips for using AI coding tools effectively. The project kicks off with selecting a programming language from options including Rust, Go, Node.js, and Bun.
An essay exploring seven foundational programming language archetypes (ur-languages) that underlie most modern programming languages, arguing that learning fundamentals rooted in these archetypes is more important than the specific language chosen.
AI reduces software supply chains, revives monoliths, weakens legacy code persistence, favors strongly typed languages, and restructures open-source economics, with implications for new programming languages tailored to LLMs.
A blog post by Hillel Wayne detailing his frustrations with the Prolog programming language, including issues with strings, lack of functions, limited data types, and cuts.
A commentary on how large language models and AI have made English an effective programming language, reflecting the shift toward natural language interfaces for coding tasks.