I think it is probably a good time to give a couple of motivating examples for my idea of a rich intermediate language. Both examples ultimately have to do with optimization, and are therefore more matters of performance than correctness. However, I believe...

I'm going to start with a top-down view of what this language should be. A good place to start would be the distinction between managed and unmanaged platforms and languages. Most research on the matter has shown that managed code does a lot to reduce...

This is a tricky question. There are probably plenty of features in special purpose languages that don't belong in a general purpose language. However, there are two reasons that we should consider these features: Some special purpose languages...

Briefly, I don't know that I can. But even if what comes out of this isn't a language that will be widely adopted, I still think this is a worthwhile exercise, because: Features I try out that turn out to be good may find their way into other existing...

This is one of those standard questions that everyone who has worked on designing a language has come up against. Instead of getting into specifics, since I can't say for certain at this point what will be better about this new language, let me make the...

I have been interested in language design for a few years now. I guess my fascination started in college when I was exposed to a large number of diverse langauges as part of my coursework. This only grew as I explored the many languages out there that...