OOPSLA Conference: Growing a Language
Computer History Museum
Why leaders watch it
Playful demonstration of growing a shared vocabulary; interesting about how communities evolve, but technical in framing.
Guy Steele's classic 1998 OOPSLA keynote on how a programming language must grow with its user community. He delivers it in a playful style, starting with only monosyllabic words and defining new terms as he goes.
Topics: Innovation & creativity, Writing & storytelling
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