Chapter
The Evolution of Programming Languages
21:45 - 25:46 (04:00)
The utilization of JavaScript in browsers was a significant development in enabling web development. While it could have been executed better, this practice allowed for expressing mathematical notions clearly and introduced a strict type system for programming languages.
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The speaker explains how good abstractions can lead to cleaner, more efficient code, and discusses the importance of optimizing these abstractions.
21:45 - 23:24 (01:38)
Summary
The speaker explains how good abstractions can lead to cleaner, more efficient code, and discusses the importance of optimizing these abstractions. He suggests that learning from multiple languages and their approaches, including machine code and functional languages such as GloML and Pig, can help to create better code.
ChapterThe Evolution of Programming Languages
EpisodeBjarne Stroustrup: C++
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker argues that while JavaScript might not be the prettiest language, having it run in the browser enabled a lot of functionality and improvements have been made based on experience.
23:24 - 25:46 (02:22)
Summary
The speaker argues that while JavaScript might not be the prettiest language, having it run in the browser enabled a lot of functionality and improvements have been made based on experience.