Tag Archives: programming

Call for submissions: FARM 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

I’m the general chair this year for the ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modelling and Design (better known as FARM), which will be colocated with ICFP this September in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The goal of the workshop … Continue reading →

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My new programming languages course

Posted on January 13, 2017 by

tl;dr: my new PL course is now finished, and all the course materials are freely available. Working through all the exercises should be a great option for anyone wishing to learn some basics of programming language design and implementation. Last … Continue reading →

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Towards a new programming languages course: ideas welcome!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

tl;dr: This fall, I will be teaching an undergraduate PL course, with a focus on practical language design principles and tools. Feedback, questions, assignments you can share with me, etc. are all most welcome! This fall, I will be teaching … Continue reading →

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CCSC-Midsouth conference and programming contest

Posted on April 2, 2016 by

I’m in Memphis (again!) this weekend attending the 2016 CCSC Midsouth Regional Conference, which also has a student programming contest attached. I’m very proud of the two teams from Hendrix, who placed first and fifth out of 17 teams. This … Continue reading →

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In defense of drawing by coding

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

Just some half-baked thoughts in repsonse to Bret Victor’s talk, Drawing Dynamic Visualizations (along with his addendum here). As usual, it is a fun and inspiring talk, so if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it; but I will … Continue reading →

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FARM 2013: call for demonstration proposals

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

Do you enjoy writing beautiful code to produce beautiful artifacts? Have something cool to show off at the intersection of functional programming and visual art, music, sound, modeling, visualization, or design? The deadline for submitting a paper has passed, but … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modeling and Design

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

I’m helping organize a new workshop, FARM, to be held in Boston this September (right after ICFP). Many readers of this blog may have already seen the announcement, but I thought it worth saying a bit more about it here, … Continue reading →

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