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If my personal opinion counts for anything: I think Slava is a first-rate compiler hacker working on a pet language. Somebody should snag him ASAP and put him i
by mahmud 17y ago
If my personal opinion counts for anything: I think Slava is a first-rate compiler hacker working on a pet language. Somebody should snag him ASAP and put him in charge of something more useful; dunno, a tight compiler for an embedded ARM platform for mobiles or something.
The world didn't need "the best forth-dialect" which he created, and still doesn't. It just needs another standards compliant C compiler. Nvidia or Intel should put an end to his fun-mongering and suit that boy up for a nice Lead FOO Architect position :-)
- nova 17y agoCouldn't disagree more. The world already has enough von-Neumann-style languages and people working on them; we need to explore different ways.
- plinkplonk 17y ago"The world already has enough von-Neumann-style languages and people working on them" I believe mahmud was being ironic.
- davidw 17y agoSlava's very smart, but I think that the basic idea of a 'stack based language' is simply not a great one, because keeping track of the stack in your head is a pain in the ass. So I'd say that mahmud is right on. Worth learning for fun, but it just doesn't strike me as practical.
- nova 17y agoGood Factor is more about combinators than stack juggling.