Tooling-Aware Language Design with Eli Dowling
Software Unscripted
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Navigating Data Structures in Functional Programming
This chapter explores the intricacies of linked lists within functional programming and their effect on performance, particularly concerning cache locality. It discusses the trade-offs between persistent and mutable data structures, sharing personal insights from the speakers' experiences with programming languages, notably F#. Additionally, the conversation covers the challenges of designing a programming language syntax, particularly the Rock language, and the intricacies involved in grammar implementation and parser integration.
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