Related to the "best programming language" question, Antti-Juhani
Kaijanaho's PhD thesis
(https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/handle/123456789/47698) is probably the most
rigorous investigation of evidence standards in programming language
design available. Long story short, there were only 22 controlled
trials between the 1950s and 2012, which means that as a species, we
have almost certainly invested less in empirical study of *every
programming language ever built* than we have in the latest update iTunes.
And since that might make you sad, here's a video proving that you can
still have fun after tenure:
https://twitter.com/ethanwhite/status/712708057797681152.
Thanks,
Greg
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