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Self and Self: Whys and Wherefores

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Self and Self: Whys and Wherefores

David Ungar of IBM Research reflects at Stanford on the Self language project and argues the real legacy of ideas is the people. He covers its history, philosophy, successes and failures.

HN points to it as the best account of what Self made possible and what its team went on to do.

5 Hacker News mentions · 2010–2025

Topics

  • Programming language design
  • Compilers, interpreters & program analysis

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