All Languages are Dynamic

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Argues that languages are dynamic in multiple, concrete ways: implementations use ZX81 BASIC bytecodes and UCSD Pascal p‑code or JITs, IDEs enable Smalltalk‑78 live edit and immediate updates, and surprisingly modern Haskell environments can still produce runtime “non‑exhaustive pattern” crashes that go away when the missing case is added. Shows live demos where undefined messages crash (message not understood) then continue after a hot patch, and contrasts static surface syntax with dynamic runtime behaviour.

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1. 0:00Dynamic languages intro
2. 1:08ZX81 BASIC syntax-free
3. 3:58Static types vs dynamic
4. 6:09UCSD Pascal bytecode
5. 8:15Compilation vs interpretation
6. 9:16Smalltalk 78 classes
7. 12:27Syntax vs dynamic trade-offs
8. 15:37Dynamic dispatch inheritance
9. 16:40Smalltalk meta-class complexity
10. 18:46Self prototype-based
11. 19:47JavaScript dynamic objects
12. 21:11Haskell type errors
13. 24:25Dynamic type errors
14. 25:50JavaScript field addition
15. 26:34Language design patterns
16. 27:37All languages dynamic
17. 28:18Q&A