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Rest in peace. Roger Hui deserves a black bar just about as much as anyone. A (likely incomplete) list of his talks can be found here; if you have the time, yo
by metagame 5y ago
Rest in peace. Roger Hui deserves a black bar just about as much as anyone.
A (likely incomplete) list of his talks can be found here; if you have the time, you should watch at least some of them: https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Roger_Hui https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Roger_Hui
He dedicated a substantial portion of his life to the design and implementation of two of the last truly-unique languages in our field.
We all owe him a degree of debt. If you use numpy, for example, you're actually closer to the heritage of his work than you might imagine; about two steps removed. Start from the top of this thread and work your way down (I am sorry for the source of the link, but none of the frontends cover threads this long and with this many authors):
https://twitter.com/teoliphant/status/1115283666995941377 https://twitter.com/teoliphant/status/1115283666995941377
- _pmf_ 5y ago> of two of the last truly-unique languages in our field. What is the other one?