Lambda the Ultimate

Presentations

Besides the expected language designer presentations -

J. Gutknecht
• Criteria for Exclusion of a Construct
• Superfluous, covered by existing construct
• Problematic, contibution to problem set is
  larger than contribution to solution set
• Hidden overhead, no straightforward and
  efficient mapping to runtime exists
• Criteria for Inclusion of a Construct
  • Is extremely useful
  • Has generic character
  • Adds to completeness

and slide 9 "Complexity of syntax of programming languages" in Niklaus Wirth's presentation,

Tkachov (physicist as-end-user/programmer) provides a different perspective

and Brega's robotic art...