Tacit Talk
by Conor Hoekstra
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Episode 37: Pat Hanrahan - From Pixar to Tableau and RSL to VizQL ✨
Episode 37: Pat Hanrahan - From Pixar to Tableau and RSL to VizQL ✨
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Tacit Talk is a podcast about programming languages, combinators, algorithms and more!
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- Episode 37: Pat Hanrahan - From Pixar to Tableau and RSL to VizQL ✨ · 26 minIn this episode, Conor highlights the On Notation keynote at RacketCon 2026 and the work of Pat Hanrahan, the latter part of the episode is a Notebook LLM generated conversation…
- Episode 36: Representation-Driven Algorithm Dispatch 🟦 · 37 minIn this episode, "Representation-Driven Dispatch" (generated by Claude 4.6 Opus) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra…
- Episode 35: TinyAPL 0.13, Inverses & AP8L with Madeline Vergani · 1 h 15 minIn this episode, Conor interviews Madeline Vergani about TinyAPL 0.13, inverses, AP8L and more! Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: LinkTree / BioAbout the Guest…
- Episode 34: Algebra as a Language (1972) 🟦 · 28 minIn this episode, the 1972 paper "Algebra as a Language" by Kenneth E. Iverson is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra…
- Episode 33: From List Calculus to Array Calculi (Bird's Laws, AoP, MoA & SaC) 🟦 · 30 minIn this episode, the "From List Calculus to Array Calculi" (generated by GPT 5.4) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra…
- Episode 32: Richard Bird's Algebraic Laws 🟦 · 42 minIn this episode, the "Richard Bird's Algebraic Laws for Program Calculation" which is a summary of the important papers that introduced the algebraic laws of programming…
- Episode 31: Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979) 🟦 · 1 h 34 minIn this episode, the 1979 Turing Award paper "Notation as a Tool of Thought" by Kenneth E. Iverson is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube…
- Episode 30: Dyalog 20.0 with Adám Brudzewsky · 2 h 7 minIn this episode, Conor chats with Adám Brudzewsky about Dyalog 20.0, array notation, namespaces and the behind operator. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra…
- Episode 29: APL & Loons with Max Sun · 13 minIn this episode, Conor chats with Max Sun about his path to becoming an APL-er. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | MastodonAbout the Guests…
- Episode 28: Co-dfns & AI with Aaron Hsu · 1 h 5 minIn this episode, Conor chats with Aaron Hsu live from Minnowbrook 2025 about Co-dfns, fonts, AI and more! Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky |…
- Episode 27: Tersity with Aaron Hsu and Jon Smith · 1 h 39 minIn this episode, Conor moderates a discussion between Aaron Hsu and Jon Smith about tersity. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | MastodonAbout…
- Episode 26: A GitHub Discussion of ADSP Episode 197 🟦 · 55 minIn this episode, the discussion on GitHub between Aaron and Jon from the ADSP Episode 197 is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor…
- Episode 25: In Praise of APL: A Language for Lyrical Programming (1977) 🟦 · 15 minIn this episode, the article "In Praise of APL: A Language for Lyrical Programming" by Alan J. Perlis published in 1977 is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit…
- Episode 24: APL is More French than English (1978) 🟦 · 31 minIn this episode, the article "Almost Perfect Artifacts Improve only in Small Ways: APL is More French than English" by Alan J. Perlis published in 1978 is read by the Speechify…
- Episode 23: The Inductive Method of Introducing APL (1980) 🟦 · 16 minIn this episode, The Inductive Method of Introducing APL by Kenneth E. Iverson is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra…
- Episode 22: A Source Book in APL - Introduction (1981) 🟦 · 16 minIn this episode, the introduction to the book A Source Book in APL (1981) by Eugene McDonnell is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube…
- Episode 21: Kenneth E. Iverson - An Autobiographical Essay (2008) 🟦 · 33 minIn this episode, the article Kenneth E. Iverson - An Autobiographical Essay (2008) by Ken Iverson and with Donald McIntyre is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials…
- Episode 20: Ken Iverson Quotations and Anecdotes (2005) 🟦 · 1 h 19 minIn this episode, the collection of quotations and anecdotes by Ken Iverson and friends, originally compiled and editted by Roger Hui in 2005 but last updated in 2021 is read by…
- Episode 19: Uiua 0.15 with Kai Schmidt · 1 h 53 minIn this episode, Conor interviews Kai Schmidt, creator of the Uiua language. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | MastodonAbout the Guest Kai…
- Episode 18: The Design of APL (1973) 🟦 · 48 minIn this episode, the paper The Design of APL (1973) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube PlaylistConor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky |…
