Immodesty on Programing Languages

The following is a index of essays related to programing languages. (use the search box to find what you are looking for.)

Syntax = Most Important Aspect of a Programing Language

the quality of a programing language, can be judged by how much of it can be explained by its syntax alone.

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Technical Essays on Computer Language

• What are OOP's Jargons ＆ Complexities (OOP Model as FP)
• Concepts ＆ Confusions of {Prefix, Infix, Postfix, LISP} Notations
• Fundamental Problems of Lisp
• Unix Pipe as Functional Language
• The Hack of Bitmask Used as Boolean Parameters
• Pattern Matching vs Pattern Specification
• Programing Craft: Intention vs Coolness
• Programing Language Design: Why Idioms Are Bad
• Programing: Why I Hate C
• Why Must Software be Rewritten for Multi-Core Processors?
• Guy Steele on Parallel Programing: Get rid of cons!

• What is Expressiveness in a computer language?
• Intro to Mathematica Pattern Matching for Lisp Programers
• What is Closure in a Programing Language?
• Linden Scripting Language Problems
• Unix Shebang Fsck

• Lambda in Python 3000
• The Fate of Lambda in Python 3000 and Scheme v300

Language Underneath Mumble Jumble

• Hardware Modeled Computer Languages
• Python Scope Complexity, Shallow Copy, Deep Copy, Circular List, and the Garbage Underneath Computer Languages
• Perl List vs Array, the Undearneath Mumble Jumble
• Programing: Are int, float, long, double, Side-Effects of Computer Engineering?
• Python's Reference and Internal Model of Computing Languages
• Functional Programing: Function Output Should Always Have the Same Structure
• Learning Notes on Goto, Continuation, Coroutine

Social Issues

• Functional Programing Languages History Diagram
• Proliferation of Computing Languages
• What Languages to Hate
• the Measure of a Language
• Python, Lambda, Guido: is Language Design Just Solving Puzzles?
• Laziness, Perl, and Larry Wall
• Larry Wall and Cults

• HTML Correctness and Validators
• Programing Languages Popularity Trend
• Computer Language Websites Popularity
• What Programing Language Are the Largest Website Written In?
• What Determines a Computer Language's Popularity?
• Erik Naggum and Why There Isn't An Ocean of “Lisp Jobs”
• One Language to Rule Them All?

• From Why Not Ruby to F��� Python, Hello Ruby
• 3D Graphics Formats and Social Causes in Computer Languages

On Notations ＆ Syntax

Syntax ＆ Notation

• Concepts ＆ Confusions of {Prefix, Infix, Postfix, Fully Nested} Notations
• What Are Good Qualities of Computer Language Syntax?
• What's Function, What's Operator?
• Logical Operators, Truth Table, Unicode
• Why Python Has Broken Lambda
• What's List Comprehension and Why is it Harmful?
• What's Point-free Programing? (point-free function syntax)
• Computer Languages, ASCII Jam, Fortress, Unicode
• HTML6: Your JSON and SXML Simplified
• XML Nested Syntax vs Lisp Nested Syntax
• Computer Language Design: String Syntax
• AutoHotkey Syntax Problems
• What's the Most Readable Computer Language Syntax?
• What Does it Means When a Programing Language Claims “Whitespace is Insignificant”?
• Language Syntax: Brackets vs Begin/End
• Hacker Fads ＆ Fashions: Is XML Syntax the Stupid Brother of Lisp? Hey, Check Out Their Young Sister HTML5!
• Programing Language Systematic Syntax: Lisp vs Mathematica
• Programing Language Design: Syntax Sugar Problem: Irregularity vs Convenience
• Python Syntax Problem: Complexity of Comment Syntax and Backslash

• the TeX pestilence
• The Problems of Traditional Math Notation
• A Notation for Plane Geometry

Formatting

• A Simple Lisp Code Formatter
• A Text Editor Feature: Syntax Tree Walk

• The Harm of hard-wrapping Lines
• Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code
• Plain-Text Email Fetish
• Unix, RFC, Line Truncation
• Docstring Convention: Python vs Emacs Lisp

• Emacs Why line-move-visual
• Emacs Form Feed (^L) Display Suggestion and Tips

Jargons of Software Industry

• Tech Geeking Jargons (15+ articles)

LISP and Lispers

• Fundamental Problems of Lisp
• Why Lisp Do Not Have A Generic Copy-List Function
• Programing Language: LISP Syntax Problem of Piping Functions
• Programing Language: A Ruby Illustration of Lisp Problems
• Lisp's List Problem
• Is Lisp's Objects Concept Necessary?
• Common Lisp Sucks
• Why Lisp Macro Sucks

• My First Encounter and Impression of Lisp
• comp.lang.lisp Fight on the Meaning of Closure
• Lispers and Wikipedia
• Modernization of Emacs Lisp
• Why You should Not Use the Jargons lisp-1 lisp-2

• What is Your Favorite Lisp
• Why Learn Lisp When There Are Perl ＆ Python
• Language, Purity, Cult, and Deception
• Scheme ＆ Failure
• Why Qi Lisp Fails and Clojure Succeeds
• Paul Graham's Infatuation with the Concept of Hacker
• Lisp Macros and Practical Common Lisp
• I Can Not Find A Word Better Than “CAR”
• Will Lisp Ever Be Popular?
• Programing: LISP is Not Functional!
• Emacs Lisp: read-from-minibuffer Propels Deep Questions

Tech Documentation Humor

documentation idiocy collection

Misc, unsorted yet

• Emacs and Lisp Related Essays
• Avoiding Variables in Functional Programing
• CoffeeScript or Dart, JavaScript Replacement?
• Python Bitwise Invert Oddity
• Language Design: Should Array Index Start at 0 or 1?
• Why is Namespace So Difficult?

• Your Regex Brain
• Steve Yegge on Dynamic Languages
• F��� Python: Strings Methods, Functions, Slashes and Backslashes