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"The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023)
Strange Loop Conference · Oct 5, 2023 · 43m 58s
What this video covers
Evan Czaplicki, creator of Elm, examines how programming languages are funded. He looks at where compiler engineers' salaries come from, why Go has about 5 engineers while Dart has about 30, and how this limits language design.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
Recommended repeatedly as a funny, informative talk on the economics behind programming languages and open source.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“Very highly recommend this funny, informative talk to understand aspects of creating a programming language other than the theoretical ones.”
“Really good talk, I remember watching it when it came out.”
“I saw a great talk from Strange Loop the other day by the developer of Elm on the economics of opensource software[1].”