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Nimrod: A New Approach to Metaprogramming
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Summary
Andreas Rumpf introduces Nimrod, a statically typed programming language supporting unhygienic/hygienic and declarative/imperative AST-based macros. The talk focuses on metaprogramming capabilities.
Bio
Andreas Rumpf is the designer of the Nimrod programming language. He is a software engineer working at a top secret company and constantly attempts to create his own start-up. He has programmed in various programming languages over the years (including quite obscure ones) without being satisfied with any of them. Andreas Rumpf holds a degree in Computer Science.
About the conference
Strange Loop is a multi-disciplinary conference that aims to bring together the developers and thinkers building tomorrow's technology in fields such as emerging languages, alternative databases, concurrency, distributed systems, mobile development, and the web.
Jan 15, 2014