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   by oeqa 13y ago

   And before you say "Simon Peyton Jones!", you should know that he got a PhD four days ago –  http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~muffy/SPJ_oration.pdf
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   by oeqa 13y ago

   Academia might have been the wrong word. Do you know of any other language designer (except Larry Wall) who doesn't have a PhD? Btw, what's the source of that consultant bit?
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   by oeqa 13y ago

   LMDB isn't discussed much on HN. Sounds too good to be true, what's the catch?
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   by oeqa 13y ago

   That's an interesting link. I always assumed that Rich Hickey came from academia, given that he made a successful programming language. Are there any biographical articles talking about his background?