--- created_at: '2015-07-20T19:09:42.000Z' title: Growing a Language (1998) [video] url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 author: pvorb points: 49 story_text: '' comment_text: num_comments: 10 story_id: story_title: story_url: parent_id: created_at_i: 1437419382 _tags: - story - author_pvorb - story_9918286 objectID: '9918286' year: 1998 --- [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 "Permalink to Growing a Language, by Guy Steele - YouTube") # Growing a Language, by Guy Steele - YouTube Skip navigation [ ][1] Sign in Search Loading... Close Yeah, keep it Undo Close ![][2] # This video is unavailable. ### Watch Queue ### Queue Watch QueueQueue * Remove all * Disconnect The next video is startingstop Loading... Watch Queue Queue __count__/__total__ [Find out why][3]Close # Growing a Language, by Guy Steele [ ![Bill Pugh][2] ][4] [Bill Pugh][5] Loading... Unsubscribe from Bill Pugh? Cancel Unsubscribe Working... SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe176 Loading... 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