Programming Languages:
Theory vs. Practice

April 27, 2000

Alan J. Perlis Symposium
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science,
Yale University

Featuring:

James Gosling
Robert Harper
Randal L. Schwartz
Philip Wadler

 Morning Session (9:45 - 12:00) 9:45 Opening Remarks - Paul Hudak
Chairman and Professor
Yale Computer Science

10:00 James Gosling
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"Java: an Exercise in Research Avoidance"

11:00 Robert Harper
Carnegie Mellon University
"The Practice of Type Theory"

 Afternoon Session (1:30 -4:30) 1:30 Randal L. Schwartz
Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
"Perl: the P Stands for Practical"
 

2:30 Philip Wadler
Bell Laboratories
"From Frege to Gosling:
19th Century Logic and
21st Century Programming
Languages"

3:30 Panel Discussion
Zhong Shao, Moderator
Yale Computer Science
 

 Following the panel discussion, a public reception will be held in the Common Room of Luce Hall.
 

Luce Hall Auditorium
Room 101
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, Connecticut
 

For Information please call:
203.432.1997
 
 

ALL TALKS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC







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