John Backus: Function Level Programming and the FL Language 1987

Why it was recommended

John Backus's FL: [VIDEO] IBM research really should release the FL compiler they wrote! They stopped working on it in the early 90s, and haven't said a single thing about it since. There is the beginnings of a Haskell implementation that I tried to mess with a bit, but I don't know enough Haskell to get anywhere: [LINK]

Referencemaxharris · Original2019-07

What it covers

A 1987 talk in which John Backus, creator of Fortran, presents function-level programming and the FL language, a successor to his FP work. It is an archival recording with. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

Arthur Vard

Length

47 min 30 sec

Year

2017

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