Little Fox

Little languages: little maintenance?

So-called little, or domain-specific languages (DSLs), have the potential to make software maintenance simpler: domain-experts can directly use the DSL to make required routine modifications. At the negative side, however, more substantial changes may become more difficult: such changes may involve altering the domain-specific language. This will require compiler technology knowledge, which not...

The Long Fox Lecture

Tyler Fox Metastable Care

Dr. J. Tylor Fox

Although Superintendent of Lingfield Colony for 30 years, Dr. Fox was always firm in his belief that colony life was only essential for a minority of patients, and even for them that it should only be regarded as a period for stabilization and drug adjustment. It was one of his greatest satisfactions that the last 10 or 15 years showed such startling changes in drug therapy. He often said that ...

Evelyn Fox Memorial Fund