Programming Language Through the Ages: A Reflection of The Giant’s Shoulder

A talk about programming languages, how they influence each other, and how they evolved.

This talk was given for SARCOMM community here:
https://www.meetup.com/Software-Architect-Indonesia/events/244139226

Transcript

1. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE THROUGH THE AGES A REFLECTION OF THE GIANT’S SHOULDER
2. THE SPEAKER • Alex Xandra Albert Sim • Principal Research and Development Engineer at blibli.com • alex.sim@gdn-commerce.com • bertzzie(.sim)
3. AGENDA • Why Language Matters • How Language Influences One Another • A Peek Into the Influencers
5. EXPRESSION, THOUGHT, AND LANGUAGE
6. HOW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE INFLUENCES ONE ANOTHER
7. 1. SYNTAX
8. 1. SYNTAX
9. 2. SEMANTIC
10. 2. SEMANTIC
12. ON TYPE SYSTEMS AND SEMANTIC
14. SMALLTALK INFLUENCE 1: OBJECT • Everything is an object • Object as an instance of class • Isolation between each object • Sending / receiving message as standard way to communicate
15. SMALLTALK INFLUENCE 2: PATTERNS MVC is Smalltalk Invention!
16. SMALLTALK INFLUENCE 3: HONORABLE TO MENTION Self (a dialect): prototype-based OOP (which means our beloved JS is influenced by it)
17. SMALLTALK DEMO!
19. SCHEME INFLUENCE 1: LAMBDA • Lambda the Ultimate • First-class function • Closure • Lexical Scope
20. LISP INFLUENCE 2: HONORABLE TO MENTION S-Expression
22. ML INFLUENCE 1: SYNTAX
23. ML INFLUENCE 2: TYPE SYSTEM • Parametric Polymorphism • Pattern-matching • Perfect Static Scope (esp. OCaml)
24. LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED
29. Question and Answer?