The Haskell Interlude

37: John MacFarlane

November 14, 2023 Haskell Podcast Season 1 Episode 37
The Haskell Interlude
37: John MacFarlane
Show Notes

Joachim Breitner and David Thrane Christiansen interview John MacFarlane, a professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, but also the author of the popular pandoc document conversion tool, which has been around half as long as Haskell itself.
He also explains the principle of uniformity as a design goal for lightweight markup languages, the relationship between philosophy and programming, and along the way he helps David with his markdown difficulties.