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Growing a Language (1998) [video]

• achamayou 11y ago
  It's Guy Steele, with an e.
  • pvorb 11y ago
    I know. I entered an entirely different title: "Growing a Language (presentation by Guy Steele, 1998)". I'm not sure how and why it was changed.
    • dang 11y ago
      The 'e' thing was just a temporary typo by a moderator. The title change was presumably because "presentation by" is redundant (and not in the original). But mostly we take the author's/presenter's name out of titles, in keeping with HN's emphasis on content over personalities.
      • agumonkey 11y ago
        May I ask how many mods are working on HN ? I naively thought you were the chosen one.
      • sitkack 11y ago
        Guy Steele isn't a personality and his content is always king.
        • dang 11y ago
          Indeed, which is why it can speak for itself.
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• talles 11y ago
  When I send nobody cares :( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015293
  • pvorb 11y ago
    Sorry, I didn't look for other submissions here on HN. Just thought it was worth submitting. It's likely your submission also has not been the first.
    • dang 11y ago
      Indeed: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=growing%20a%20language&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=growing%20a%20language&sort=by.... It was fine to repost, because it hasn't had significant attention in the last year. Also, it's one the best talks ever.
• seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  I saw a live version of this when I was a grad student (not the original talk at OOPSLA, but he re-gave it a lot at some universities). It was fascinating to see what could be done with hand drawn transparencies; you have to give GLS lots of style points!
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