In this episode, Conor chats with Aaron Hsu live from Minnowbrook 2025 about Co-dfns, fonts, AI and more!

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About the Guests

Aaron Hsu is the implementor of Co-dfns and an advocate for a terse and minimal array programming style. Hsu has a background in academic functional programming, and was primarily a Scheme programmer for ten years before learning APL. He was introduced to APL by Morten Kromberg while working on a GPU-hosted compiler, and switched to Dyalog APL for the project, which is now Co-dfns.

Show Notes

Date Recorded: 2025-10-04
Date Released: 2025-10-22

• ADSP Episode 197: 🇬🇧 Algorithms & Tersity with Aaron Hsu
• ADSP
• ArrayCast
• ADSP Episode 111: C++23 Ranges, 2022 Retro & Star Wars
• APL Fonts
• Pragmata Pro Font
• Stanley Jordan
• Co-dfns
• Co-dfns 4.1.4
• Co-dfns Tweet
• ArrayFire
• DyalogScript
• Learning APL
• ArrayCast Episode 114: Gary Bergquist and Zark Utilities