Lambda The Ultimate was a great programming language design discussion forum that has mostly fallen into disuse. Is there anything comparable nowadays? Here's 15 years of my posts and commentary:
lambda-the-ultimate.org/user/97/track?
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There's of course reddit.com/r/ProgrammingL and its discord discord.gg/4Kjt3ZE but it's a lot more "casual" than LtU. More like the "create your own programming language club" than a research community :)
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I think there is quite a bit of casual, entry level stuff on the discord, but there’s also a bunch of knowledgeable people on the theory side! I think a mix of this stuff is pretty healthy!
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(makes sure that the academics can still explain stuff to regular folks, and that the regular folk get exposed to the cool ideas from research)
I would say that the subreddit can end up skewing a bit toxic and gatekeeperish at times, which can be unfortunate – especially given how much effort has been put into making the discord a welcoming place… 😔