Software Unscripted The Roc Programming Language with Richard Feldman
Dec 29, 2023
Richard Feldman, developer of the Roc programming language, discusses the language's inspiration and the challenges of using floats in data structures. They explore tag unions in Roc dictionaries and opportunistic mutation. The podcast also touches on the challenges of sorting and computing the median in functional programming, and the influences on Roc from languages like Elm, Rust, Haskell, and CoffeeScript.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Exploring the Early Stages of Roc Programming Language Development
02:25 • 26min
The Challenges of Using Floats in Data Structures
28:50 • 4min
Tag Unions and Storing Mixed Keys in a Roc Dictionary
32:21 • 2min
Opportunistic Mutation in Roc Programming Language
34:49 • 9min
Challenges of Sorting and Computing Median in Functional Programming
44:08 • 2min
Influences on Roc Programming Language
46:31 • 15min
Team and Community Growth
01:01:56 • 6min