Towards a Programming Language Nirvana

July 16, 2012
Simon Peyton-Jones

Taming effects: A talk, written in early 2008, describes Simon Peyton Jones’ take on why it’s important to control effects in a programming language: PDF. There is also a Wiki talk page for discussion (opens in new tab).

- Simon Peyton Jones
  
  (Former) Senior Principal Researcher
Research Area
- Programming languages and software engineering

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Towards a Programming Language Nirvana

Simon Peyton Jones

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