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Lightweight Languages Workshop Webcast from MIT

Posted by michael on from the lively-discussions dept.

Jonathan Edwards writes "The Lightweight Languages Workshop (LL4) will be webcast live from MIT tomorrow. Previous years have seen lively discussions between the proponents of languages like Perl, Python, and Scheme. Check out the program at the website."

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  1. Lightweight? by spectral · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What makes a language 'lightweight' ? When I think of Perl, I don't immediately think a lightweight/simple language to learn. And then I look at the Program (Schedule) on the website and see that it says English is the most lightweight language of all, which doesn't make any sense to me unless you consider how much code it takes to get something accomplished as a feature of the language, so that since English and Perl don't require as much code to get difficult tasks completed, they're 'lightweight' languages?

    That definition seems backwards. Can someone please enlighten me?

  2. Since when was Perl considered 'lightweight'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Perl5 is big enough and Perl6 promises to have an even larger memory footprint.

  3. Ruby by Pacifix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ruby is really picking up speed here in the US and I'm surprised to see that's not included. It even has a movement and language leader, Matz. I'm not sure how fluent he is in English. For me, Ruby certainly was easy to learn and would seem to be a perfect candidate for inclusion in a light weight language discussion. Odd...