Three papers from Onward! today.
A Case for Feminism in Programming Language Design.
On which note, Finally continuing… in Python: LWN reporting on this proposal. A case in point of Hermans & Schlesinger:
However, what is accepted in PL are overwhelmingly quantitative methods and formal methods.
…how easy the goalposts can be moved…
Not everything need be quantified to be meaningful. For instance, you could use A Rhetorical Framework for Programming Language Evaluation.
Digital Crochet: Towards a Visual Language for Pattern Description. Formalizing some of the (existing) visual pattern language, removing ambiguities.
The varying tool support for pattern creation in crochet and knitting results from the difference in the degree to which the techniques themselves are mechanized…. there are no machines that are able to industrially produce fabric based on the technique of crochet.
Classic: Knight & Leveson, An Experimental Evaluation of the Assumption of Independence in Multi-Version Programming.
The Disappearance of an Internet Domain: history and current events for ccTLDs. (Hosted under the Tonga ccTLD, which hopefully will not be a problem for the publishers?)