Fun footnote in Cool Ideas by Guy Steele https://youtu.be/IHP7P_HlcBk (at 9:00) Scheme would have been Schemer but 6 chars fit in a machine word!
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Exploring design ideas using AI as a learning assistant, for creative exploration: https://andymatuschak.org/hmwl/
I'm having fun writing a simple type checker, but I'm learning firsthand why syntax-directed checking doesn't work. It prevents inference.
My checker catches real bugs, but it can't handle cases like this:
[1, 2].map(fun(x) { x + 1; })
I think I need bidirectional checking.
Do any tech streamers try new software live? It'd be a really fun way of doing UX testing.