PL Debrief

• repo: debrief.pl
• desc: about programming languages
• link: https://github.com/mandober/debrief.pl.git

Notes about concrete programming languages: concrete syntax, grammar, edge cases, etc. A quick reference of common language constructs and idioms. Languages: Rust, JS, bash, Haskell, Scheme, Racket, Python, Ruby, C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Powershell, VB, Cobol, Sass, Prolog, HOL, LC. Including some meta topics: comparisons, approaches to common PL concepts and constructs (iterators, generators, futures, concurrency, data types, data structures, handling of errors, etc.), classification, paradigms.

Topics

• Classifications, types, factors, paradigms,
• Type systems
• Concepts and constructs
• Means of abstraction
• Components
• Expressiveness (vs Provability)

Pl abstractions:

• procedure, routine, function
• macros
• class
• module
• package
• component
• microservices

PL concepts:

• type system
• generics
• iterators
• concurrency
• async: async/wait, futures, promises, generators
• error handling: ADT, exceptions, (in-band) signaling, NULL, nullability

PL components (generalizations):

• control flow
• code org
• types
• data structures