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Dynamic Languages Wizards Series - Panel on Language Design

Eduardo Cavazos · talk · Watch on YouTube

Programming language designFunctional programming

What it is

A 2001 panel with Paul Graham, John Maeda, Jonathan Rees and Guy Steele on programming language design, part of the Dynamic Languages Wizards Series.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN users mine it for design wisdom and history from luminaries, and often quote Guy Steele's remarks.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I'd also highly recommend that anyone interested in this kind of thing listen to all three of the Dynamic Languages Wizards Series panels”

    Panel worth listening to; audio suffices as visuals add little

    EdwardCoffin, 2025-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Designing a Language (2017)”

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Topics: language design, lisp, guy steele, paul graham, dynamic languages

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