Programming Languages

4 articles tagged with "Programming Languages"

Unit Conversions in Decipad: A Deep Dive into the Language's Dimensional Analysis System

Pedro Teixeira • August 5, 2025

A comprehensive exploration of Decipad's unit conversion system, detailing how the language integrates dimensional analysis, enforces unit correctness at compile time, and enables precise, error-resistant calculations for scientific, engineering, and financial applications.

Programming Languages Development

Time as Intervals: How Decipad's Date System Mimics Human Thinking

Pedro Teixeira • August 3, 2025

Discover how Decipad's date system models time as intervals with built-in granularity, enabling intuitive operations like 'contains' and natural date arithmetic that matches human reasoning.

Programming Languages Development

Building a Reactive Declarative Language: From Grammar to Incremental Computation

Pedro Teixeira • July 30, 2025

How we designed and implemented a reactive, type-safe, spreadsheet-inspired language with real-time updates, dependency tracking, and incremental computation.

Programming Languages Performance Development

You're Wrong About Dates

Pedro Teixeira • July 25, 2025

A deep dive into why date handling in programming is more complex than it seems, and how to approach time-based problems correctly.

Development Programming Languages