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"We Really Don't Know How to Compute!" by Gerald Sussman

In this talk from Strange Loop 2011, Gerald Sussman talks about where we are in the scope of "computing" (hint: not very) and what kinds of systems we should be building.

"We Really Don't Know How to Compute!"

I would love to hear the LtU take on his talk...

By puredanger at 2011-10-27 15:22 | LtU Forum | 178 comments | other blogs | 34761 reads

Microsoft Roslyn Project whitepaper

Microsoft has recently detailed their "Compiler as a Service" initiative in a whitepaper. The whitepaper calls the project Roslyn.

Related, IBM sponsors the Eclipse IMP project for its X10 language (and the X10DT). IMP is also used for Eelco Visser's Spoofax IDE and WebDSL IDE.

By Z-Bo at 2011-10-27 17:00 | Software Engineering | 1 comment | other blogs | 15148 reads