On 30 October 2012 08:50, Peter Van Roy <peter.van...@uclouvain.be> wrote:
> We are getting close to a release for Mozart 2.0, the new 64-bit > reimplementation of Mozart, our noses are close to the grindstone, probably > one reason for the recent lull in mozart-users. [etc...] > That's really good to hear from the horse's mouth, Peter! > The next step is the distribution subsystem. Mozart 2.0 has a reflective > language interface, where you can write Oz code to change the semantics of > language operations. Brilliant. I got nothing against Gump, but that whole C/yacc route was a bit convoluted for my tastes. > We will use this to reimplement the network-transparent distribution. > The reflective interface means that the new distribution subsystem will be > written completely in Oz! Unlike the old distribution subsystem, which was > written in C++ and which has become unmaintainable and unmanageable. Excellent. Can't wait. As I mentioned I had all sorts of trouble running network-tranparent stuff in anything other than 32-bit Linux. I assume the old mozart-oz functionality (tickets, connections, etc) will be kept, yes? > We are also redoing completely the constraint subsystem. It will be based > on Gecode, and it is being implemented by the Avispa research group in > Cali, Colombia. > Interesting. I have been meaning to look at gecode for a while, now no more excuses. What I like best of its features is use of multiprocessors locally. I am assuming that it will comply with the model described by Christian Schulte's "Programming Constraint Services" (Well, I see Christian is heavily involved in gecode). Just wondering, as I see it has its own search engine. Would that mean there would be two approaches to search engines, I wonder? I am also assuming that all the goodies described above will mean that "Search.parallel" will not only be available, but even user programable. More power to your elbows, devteam!!! AG
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