David Karger

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icon company MIT icon location Cambridge, MA icon location Professor of Computer Science at MIT CSAIL, focusing on human computer interaction, end user application development, and computer supported collaborative work.

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Make if(), or(), and() short-circuit

I think the decision about what to do here is orthogonal to efficiency (or maybe as you say short circuiting will help) but instead about (implementation) complexity. It's nice to...

The Big Concept Rename

group could be item. unless that creates confusion with the notion of list item. I'm trying to understand the exact goals of this module. Is there an effort here to...

`random(list)` should work

would it make sense to have a second argument specifying the number of items you want returned? It would require returning an item if there is no argument and a...

Rewriting variables in `where` and `by`

If you're beginning rewrites that affect scoping, perhaps it is worth opening the discussion of what the scoping rules for mavo *should* be? In particular, Mavo's procedure for resolving x.foo...

Rewriting variables in `where` and `by`

@adamjanicki2 it isn't clear it is a good idea because it will be messy and time consuming. but an example can be found here: https://codepen.io/karger/pen/jOdvZXe?editors=1100

Rewriting variables in `where` and `by`

I frequently end up with really confusing where clauses like item where label=label . I can never remember later which of the two labels is evaluated in the context/scope of...

Migrating away from `with()` so we can move to ESM

"Find all operands" seems a necessary step for all PL compilers (parsers). Can you steal someone else's algorithm? Is there something that makes it unusually difficult for Mavo?