People learn music theory so they can know when to break the rules. Does that apply to programming language theory too?
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I would say so, yes. But like with any field there is always a danger of getting entrenched into the status quo and becoming blinkered from alternative possibilities if you go too deep.
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There's tremendous value to be mined from the current theory, but stay weird! That's part of why I really enjoyed 's talk on concatenative languages as an alternative basis for programming languages:
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Lovely talk on concatentive languages and their link to combinatory logic by @evincarofautumn: youtube.com/watch?v=_IgqJr - jam-packed with tons of food for thought. Makes me want to check up on Kitten again!
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