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Alice (programming language)

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Obscure programming language. I can't find any notable sources. Language has had the "notability" tag for over a year. Christopher Monsanto (talk) 18:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Obscure? tried a Google search? This is an important language for students --DeVerm (talk) 03:30, 8 February 2011 (UTC).[reply]
- Comment. I believe you have confused this language with Alice (software), which I agree is notable! Christopher Monsanto (talk) 14:46, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It looks like User:Christopher Monsanto decided to delete all languages he does not understand. I found the language are very interesting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergey shandar (talk • contribs) 11:43, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Assume good faith! I marked articles for AfD that I could not find any reliable sources for. This article is about Alice ML, not Alice (software). Christopher Monsanto (talk) 14:46, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment. Assume good faith! I'm trying to prevent accidental deletion of good articles when no research of notability has been made by you. It is based on previous experience with Nemerle marked as AfD by you.
Keep. There are multiple publications about Alice ML in press: http://www.ps.uni-saarland.de/alice/papers.html including respectful scientific magazines. Please remove the deletion tag or your actions will be considered as vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vorov2 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Most of these are tech reports or theses, which are not peer reviewed, and therefore unacceptable academic sources. The other papers are barely cited -- the most is "A Concurrent Lambda Calculus with Futures" with 15 citations, according to the ACM digital library (probably the most reliable source of citation counts for academic CS papers). Even *then* this paper isn't actually about Alice ML... it discusses a new language construct, and presents the semantics by extending the lambda calculus. Christopher Monsanto (talk) 19:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]