{"id":44,"date":"2014-06-02T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.pl-enthusiast.net\/?p=44"},"modified":"2014-06-02T09:16:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T14:16:08","slug":"welcome-to-the-pl-enthusiast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.pl-enthusiast.net\/2014\/06\/02\/welcome-to-the-pl-enthusiast\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the PL Enthusiast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our blog about research and developments in programming languages (PL) and their applications and connections to areas across science and technology!<\/p>\n<p>We are <a href=\"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.cs.umd.edu\/~mwh\/\">Michael Hicks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.cs.rice.edu\/~sc40\/\">Swarat Chaudhuri<\/a>, professors in computer science at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.umd.edu\/\">University of Maryland<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.rice.edu\/\">Rice University<\/a>, respectively, and we both have a great passion for programming languages.<\/p>\n<p>More about our background and the goals and origins of this blog are explained on the <a title=\"About the PL Enthusiast\" href=\"https:\/\/fd.xuwubk.eu.org:443\/http\/www.pl-enthusiast.net\/?page_id=4\">About page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are now working on\u00a0a series of posts across\u00a0several threads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of PL\u00a0in computer security<\/li>\n<li>Comparing PL theory and theory developed in the Algorithms community<\/li>\n<li>How PL can help us think about machine learning<\/li>\n<li>Highlights and tutorials on emerging programming languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned to this space; we look forward to your comments and contributions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our blog about research and developments in programming languages (PL) and their applications and connections to areas across science and technology! 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