Brent Yorgey on Nostr: My 14yo son would like to learn how to read academic papers, so I offered to read one ...
My 14yo son would like to learn how to read academic papers, so I offered to read one together with him. He wants to start with a paper about Rust (for context, he has written tens of thousands of lines of Rust, from a raytracer to a library for constructing custom Minecraft servers). I don't know any Rust, but of course I know a good deal of PL theory and how to read research papers; I think we will make a good team. Any suggestions of good papers for us to read?
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