"Programming Should Eat Itself" by Nada Amin

Why it was recommended

Here's a wonderful demonstration of the power of nestability

Recommendationtosh · Original2018-12

What it covers

Nada Amin's Strange Loop talk on programming languages that build on themselves, centered on towers of interpreters and nestable interpretation in Scheme. She shows how. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

Strange Loop Conference

Length

47 min 41 sec

Year

2014

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