Tacit Talk

In this episode, "Representation-Driven Dispatch" (generated by Claude 4.6 Opus) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Show Notes Date Released: 2026-04-15 Representation-Driven Dispatch

In this episode, Conor interviews Madeline Vergani about TinyAPL 0.13, inverses, AP8L and more! Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio About the Guest Madeline Vergani is the creator of TinyAPL, the Omnibar and AP8L. Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-03-30 Date Released: 2026-03-31 Madeline Vergani on APL Wiki TinyAPL TinyAPL on APL Wiki TinyAPL Inverse Omnibar TinyAPL Com...

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Show Notes Date Released: 2026-03-28 Algebra as a Language (1972) Algebra: An Algorithmic Treatment (1972)

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Show Notes Date Released: 2026-03-18 From List Calculus to Array Calculi An Introduction to the Theory of Lists (1986) Mathematics of Arrays (MoA) The Algebra of Programming (1996) Algegraic Ident...

In 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 (generated by Claude 4.6 Opus) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Show Notes Date Released: 2026-03-14 Richard Bird's Algebraic Laws...

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Show Notes Date Released: 2026-03-02 Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979)

In this episode, Conor chats with Adám Brudzewsky about Dyalog 20.0, array notation, namespaces and the behind operator. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio About the Guest Adám Brudzewsky is the head of language design at Dyalog Ltd. He is a lifelong APL programmer, founder of the APL Orchard, and the creator of Extended Dyalog APL and APLcart. Show Notes Date Recor...

In this episode, Conor chats with Max Sun about his path to becoming an APL-er. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon About the Guests Max Sun is Senior APL Developer at InvestCloud, Inc. and was previously an APL developer at BCA Research. His interests include array programming, functional programming and programming languages and paradigms. Show Notes...

In this episode, Conor chats with Aaron Hsu live from Minnowbrook 2025 about Co-dfns, fonts, AI and more! Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon About the Guests Aaron Hsu is the implementor of Co-dfns and an advocate for a terse and minimal array programming style. Hsu has a background in academic functional programming, and was primarily a Scheme program...

In this episode, Conor moderates a discussion between Aaron Hsu and Jon Smith about tersity. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon About the Guests Aaron Hsu is the implementor of Co-dfns and an advocate for a terse and minimal array programming style. Hsu has a background in academic functional programming, and was primarily a Scheme programmer for ten y...

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-19 GitHub Discussion of ADSP Episode 197: 🇬🇧 Algorithms & Tersity with Aaron Hsu ADSP Episode 197: 🇬🇧 Algorithms & Tersity with Aaron Hsu AI W...

In 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 Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-15 In Praise of APL: A Language for Lyrical Programming (1977) Link to Github Discussion Speechify (save $60 b...

In 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 text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-11 Almost Perfect Artifacts Improve only in Small Ways: APL is More French tha...

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-10 The Inductive Method of Introducing APL (1980) Link to Github Discussion Speechify (save $60 by using this link)

In 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 Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-08 A Source Book in APL (1981) A Source Book in APL - Introduction (1981) Speechify (save $60 by using this link)

In 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 Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-05 Kenneth E. Iverson (2008) Kenneth E. Iverson - An Autobiographical Essay (Vector Vol 23, No 4 - 2008) Speechify (s...

In 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 the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-03-02 Ken Iverson Quotations and Anecdotes (2005) Speechify (save $60 by usin...

In this episode, Conor interviews Kai Schmidt, creator of the Uiua language. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon About the Guest Kai Schmidt is a Rust developer, language enthusiast and the creator of the Uiua programming language, a general purpose, stack-based, array-oriented programming language. Show Notes Date Recorded: 2025-02-21 Date Released: 20...

In this episode, the paper The Design of APL (1973) is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-02-11 The Design of APL (1973) Speechify (save $60 by using this link)

In this episode, the paper The Evolution of APL (1978) presented at the first HOPL conference is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-02-08 The Evolution of APL (1978) - on JSoftware The Evolution of APL (1978) - on ACM Digital Library Speechify (save $60 by using this link)

In this episode, the Array Theory and the Design of Nial (2013) text is read by the Speechify text-to-speech app. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-02-05 Array Theory and the Design of Nial (2013) Speechify (save $60 by using this link)

In this episode, the Array Theory and the Design of Nial (2013) text is discussed. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-01-29 Array Theory and the Design of Nial (2013) NotebookLM

In this episode, Conor interviews Madeline Vergani about TinyAPL, Omnibar, Strawberry and more! Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon About the Guest Madeline Vergani is the creator of TinyAPL and the Omnibar. Show Notes Date Recorded: 2025-01-25 Date Released: 2025-01-26 TinyAPL Omnibar TinyAPL Combinators ArrayCast Episode 88: Madeline Vergani and tinya...

In this episode, the Collection-Oriented Languages (1990) paper is discussed. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-01-09 Collection-Oriented Languages (1990) NotebookLM

In this episode, the 1979 ETI article APL: Good for the Brain (1979) is discussed. Socials Tacit Talk YouTube Playlist Conor Hoekstra: Twitter | BlueSky | Mastodon Show Notes Date Released: 2025-01-06 APL: Good for the Brain (1979) NotebookLM