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the gnu extension languageI found this to be an entertaining and interesting read: the gnu extension language, by Andy Wingo, maintainer of Guile.
The two features of Guile he highlights are macros ("With most languages, either you have pattern matching, because Joe Armstrong put it there, or you don't") and delimited continuations. The accompanying slides, The User in the Loop, for the 2011 GNU Hackers Meeting are also noteworthy, because they are not as dry as usual PL fare - instead Wingo revives the spirit of the Portland Pattern Repository:
[Update: Video now available.] |
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