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I think that's the first time I've heard someone specifically use the concept of Huffman coding in evaluating language design. It makes a ton of sense, and mayb
by wgj 17y ago
I think that's the first time I've heard someone specifically use the concept of Huffman coding in evaluating language design. It makes a ton of sense, and maybe it's a more well known viewpoint than I realize.
- r11t 17y agoI recently submitted this article about Ruby design : http://www.scribd.com/full/24764060?access_key=key-bmp10h1nw6nor34svxp http://www.scribd.com/full/24764060?access_key=key-bmp10h1nw... which also uses the idea of Huffman coding in the context of evaluating language design.
- jacobolus 17y agoLarry Wall has been using it for quite a while. His essay about the problems with regular expressions as they’re known and used today is insightful and carefully argued: http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/apo/A05.html http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/apo/A05.html (from 2002)