by Robert Rand and Michael Hicks on Feb 6, 2020 | Tags: compilers, formal verification, language design, program synthesis, quantum computing, type systems
As quantum computers become more practical, there is a rich opportunity to advance the development of tools to assist in the process of programming them, both now and in the future. To encourage more PL-minded researchers to work in this exciting new area, we established the Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC).
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by Sam Tobin-Hochstadt on Jul 12, 2019 | Tags: gradual typing, industrial adoption, optimization, type systems
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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