Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
? On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Charles Perkins ch...@kuracali.com wrote: While we're all waiting for the next STEP report I thought I'd share something I've been working on, inspired by O'Meta and by the Meta-II paper and by the discussions on this list from November. I've written up

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
alan.n...@yahoo.com wrote: Looks nice to me! But no ivory towers around to pillage. (However planting a few seeds is almost always a good idea) Cheers, Alan From: Charles Perkins ch...@kuracali.com To: Fundamentals of New Computing fonc@vpri.org Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 3

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-09 Thread Charles Perkins
it's because I am a high functioning autistic. He said. On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Charles Perkins ch...@kuracali.com wrote: Thank you, Alan! That means quite a bit to me. I was so looking forward to a good pillage. Ah well… to follow your metaphor (a kinder one and more inclusive

Re: [fonc] Project Oberon - The Design of an Operating System, a Compiler, and a Computer (2013 edition)

2013-12-03 Thread Charles Perkins
What I think is awesome is that after 30 years Dr. Wirth found some more things to take out of the language. I will certainly buy that book if/when it comes out in hardback. I have an earlier edition. I am tempted to get an FPGA just so I can run his Circuits-on-up Oberon OS. Chuck On Dec 3,

Re: [fonc] Unsolved problem in computer science? Fixing shortcuts.

2014-10-07 Thread Charles Perkins
The problem with fixing shortcuts in file-systems, and with links and with names and with files in filesystems in general, is that the intention of the link, and even of a filename is not clear. For a simple example, compare a jpeg of your cat to a configuration file, e.g. /etc/passwd. It is