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Simon Peyton Jones: The History and Evolution of Haskell

Churchill College, University of Cambridge · Lecture · YouTube title: Simon Peyton-Jones: Escape from the ivory tower: the Haskell journey
Why it's here

Recommended as a funny, accessible history of Haskell that is valuable even for people interested in language design in general.

What it covers

Simon Peyton Jones gives Churchill College's annual computer science lecture on Haskell's birth and evolution. He covers the most influential ideas, from laziness to monads and type system evolution, plus current developments and guesses about the future.