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Jonathan Aldrich
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Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, working on programming languages and software engineering. Coauthor, Programming Language Pragmatics (videos: https://tinyurl.com/PLP5vids). CTO of noteful.net ACM Publications Board member. He/him.
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What's the difference between compilation and interpretation? Why choose one over the other?

Watch the full Compilation, Interpretation, and Environments video to find out: youtu.be/mrmoRheZJus

For more details, pick up a copy of our Programming Language Pragmatics text!
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Why would YOU choose one programming language over another?

I talk about programming languages, tradeoffs, and why we study them in my first Programming Language Pragmatics video. Check it out!

Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwL0...

Playlist: tinyurl.com/PLP5vids
August 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM