cognitive psychology. PhD 
Q: How did you decide on terms like "concretion" and "complect"?
A: I love the dictionary 
Eg for complect, I was trying to give more specificity to an old notion, coupling, that system designers understand intuitively.
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Don Syme presents the history of F#. Frames it through the lens of the OOP wave of late 90s, and how FP advocates within MSR continued to push for language innovation beyond objects. Found initial F# made for 10x smaller code than C#. 56k LOC for braces! 3k null checks!pic.twitter.com/zur4byC6To
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"When I got to Microsoft, I was told in no uncertain terms that the word 'compositional' was not in the MS vocabulary. And we have blown that apart at MS."
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Q: Aspects of C#/.NET that are hindering F#? A: The big way we suffered is that F# did not have a strong Linux story during the rise of Linux and subsequently the cloud. That's crucial.
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Earlier, several HDL designers discussed Verilog and its ilk. "When we discuss Moore's law, we focus on semiconductor technology... but just as important are the tools used to design the chips. Chips in 1978 were designed with pencil and paper."pic.twitter.com/HdGQ5vL1La
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Sneak peek into the intensive process of naming a language (tag yourself, I'm "logol")pic.twitter.com/92tIyks0oY
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