
HOPL: Not an ordinary conference
The History of Programming Languages (HOPL) conference is the most paradoxical that SIGPLAN puts on: the hardest to publish in, yet an acceptance rate of almost 100%. This post is the story of HOPL IV (2020).
The History of Programming Languages (HOPL) conference is the most paradoxical that SIGPLAN puts on: the hardest to publish in, yet an acceptance rate of almost 100%. This post is the story of HOPL IV (2020).
Reprising the interviews of a diverse group of 10 programming languages researchers, the People of Language Design and Implementation, from 2019.
Jean Yang interviews 15 programming languages researchers about their work, methods, motivations, and history.