I'll be in London (Wednesday 2026-11-11 18:30) talking about the history of data abstraction:
ADTs and CLU
At the heart and start of this was Barbara Liskov's work with the CLU language. In this talk we'll take a trip back to the mid-1970s to explore work led by Liskov in "Programming with Abstract Data Types" and "Abstraction Mechanism in CLU", taking in the context in which these ideas emerged and the long-term influences on program and language design.
https://www.meetup.com/papers-we-love-london/events/317046728/
Kevlin Henney
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2026-10-26 13:33:03 UTC
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