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Interpreted Languages: Tcl, Lua, JavaScript, Io - Hyperpolyglot

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:02:03 +0000

a side-by-side reference sheet

Tags: #dev #development #imported:pinboard #javascript #languages #lua #programming

Web 2.0 Development and Business Lessons: CoffeeScript Means Giving Up on JavaScript

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:34:13 +0000

While many of you will probably disagree with me, I find the trend towards writing in languages that compile to JavaScript somewhat alarming. The most notable of these languages CoffeeScript, and it's one that has gained a good degree of traction over the last year or so.

Tags: #coffeescript #javascript #languages #tech #webdev

Canned Platypus » Blog Archive » Brevity is Not Power

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:48:47 +0000

"I would modify Graham’s claim by saying that recognizable and predictable brevity is an indicator of programming-language power."

Tags: #brevity #languages #power #programming

Code To Joy: Open-Source group announces jJava

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:23:58 +0000

"An open-source project surprised industry insiders today by announcing an implementation of the Java programming language on the JVM. The language, dubbed jJava, reflects the current trend for using the JVM as a systems platform for various languages."

Tags: #funny #java #jjava #jvm #languages #programming #system:host=codetojoy.blogspot.com

Clue: an ANSI C compiler targeting high level languages

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:42:31 +0000

"Clue is an ANSI C compiler (C89, some C99) that targets high-level languages such as Lua, Javascript or Perl (and some low-level ones). It supports the entire C language, including pointer arithmetic, and can be used to run arbitrary pure-C programs."

Tags: #c #crazy #hacks #javascript #languages #programming #virtualmachines #vm

Can Your Programming Language Do This? - Joel on Software

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:28:23 +0000

"I hope you're convinced, by now, that programming languages with first-class functions let you find more opportunities for abstraction, which means your code is smaller, tighter, more reusable, and more scalable."

Tags: #abstraction #algorithms #functions #google #languages #mapreduce #microsoft #programming

Project Azeroth - A World of Warcraft Translation Wiki

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:26:12 +0000

"Each Race speaks an individual language. The correlation is as follows"

Tags: #gaming #languages #worldofwarcraft #wow

Joel on Software - Language Wars

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:53:05 +0000

"FogBugz is written in Wasabi, a very advanced, functional-programming dialect of Basic with closures and lambdas and Rails-like active records that can be compiled down to VBScript, JavaScript, PHP4 or PHP5."

Tags: #java #languages #perl #php #python #rails #wasabi #webdev #what