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Perspectives on computing and technology from and for those with an interest in programming languages.
ACM Conferences and the Cost of Carbon

ACM Conferences and the Cost of Carbon

How should ACM address its contribution to climate change? After two years of discussions and study, the SIGPLAN Climate Committee proposes that (1) all ACM conferences should publicly *account* for the CO2e emitted as a result of putting them on; and that (2) ACM should put a *price* onĀ  carbon in conference budgets, to create incentive for organizers to reduce their footprints.

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Gradual Typing from Theory to Practice

Gradual Typing from Theory to Practice

From its beginning 15 years ago, gradual typing is now part of everyday development practice for massive code bases at companies from Facebook to Microsoft to Stripe to Dropbox, all of which have developed their own gradual type systems. In this post, we cover the goals of gradual typing, why it’s had such an impact already, and what remains to be accomplished.

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My First Fifteen Compilers

My First Fifteen Compilers

We sometimes think of the number of passes in a compiler as a measure of the compiler’s complexity. But what if we could make compiler development more approachable by fully embracing the idea that a compiler should be structured as a large number of small passes, each performing a single specific task?

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