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texdr.aft
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I like computing history, with an emphasis on the history of programming languages. My display name is a reference to Donald Knuth's early memo about TeX.

My favorite programming languages are Common Lisp, C (via CWEB), and (mainly in theory) Algol 68. The perfect language, in my opinion, would be a blend of these three.

Outside of computing, I am interested in music theory and philology.

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Rehearsal Letters: Skipping I, J, O?
Aug 18, 2019
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Are there examples of explicitly-notated, precise, nontrivial polytempo before Ives and Nancarrow?
Nov 26, 2020
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What is the optimal (and computationally simplest) way to calculate the “largest common duration”?
Jan 21, 2021
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What was the first published "cutaway/cut-out" score?
Nov 18, 2021
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Prevent collision/overlap of ties in Lilypond
Jan 9, 2022
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E flat or E natural in score of Beethoven String Quartet Op 131?
Nov 4, 2020
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What was the first programming language to support “operator chaining”?
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Did COBOL have an English-like "or" operator?
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When did the IBM 650 have a "Table lookup on Equal" instruction?
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What was the first programming language, other than Lisp, to have “short-circuiting” Boolean expressions?
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Why does Pascal have numeric labels?