Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, java wlErsatzLisp Pil32Pil64 +--- (fibo 22) | 250.19 0.0150.016 (fibo 23) | 450.25 0.0260.024 (fibo 24) | 690.36 0.0410.039 (fibo

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, java wlErsatzLisp Pil32Pil64 +--- (fibo 22) | 250.19 0.0150.016 (fibo 23) | 450.25 0.0260.024 (fibo 24) | 690.36 0.0410.039

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Edwin, by the way, thank you for releasing this in the wild. your java implementation gave me a better understanding how picolisp works under the hood. you are welcome;-) BTW, thanks Alex for mentioning the build problem. I fixed it now so you can git pull again. Cheers, Tomas --

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote: In that email, I just wanted to say that I implemented some functions directly in Java and that speeds up the fibo benchmark significantly. For getting better picture about interpretation overhead, there are now

Re: picolisp in java

If you get the latest wl code (git pull), you'll see even a pure java 'fibo.' function for comparison and getting an idea of the overhead caused by interpretation. Oops, forgot to push. Now in the repo. Cheers, Tomas -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picol...@software-lab.de?subject=unsubscribe

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, If you get the latest wl code (git pull), you'll see even a pure java 'fibo.' function for comparison and getting an idea of the overhead caused by interpretation. Yeah, I know that very well. Did a lot of 'fibo' tests during the last 30 years ;-) Here, locally, I see that a

Re: picolisp in java

Hi all, oops oops! No problem with the mail archive. I sent it to myself:-( Sorry for the confusion, must have been too tired. However, what disturbs me more: Where does the above quote come from? I didn't get that mail. Anybody? Did you really send it? It seems also not to be in the mail

Re: picolisp in java

On 10/06/2010 10:04 PM, Tomas Hlavaty wrote: Hi Alex, Perhaps 'fork' can be simulated by copying all runtime variables to a thread? not sure whether that's enough. The semantics is completely different, what about open files and so on? Is it necessary to go that far in terms of

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, For production system, all these functions should be coded in Java instead of lisp, but it vas a great learning exercise this way, especially in the context of argument evaluation and shallow binding maintenance. T What I actually like most about wl is the Java FFI which is very

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, Perhaps 'fork' can be simulated by copying all runtime variables to a thread? not sure whether that's enough. The semantics is completely different, what about open files and so on? Is it necessary to go that far in terms of compatibility? Cheers, Tomas -- UNSUBSCRIBE:

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, On 10/4/10 7:27 PM, Tomas Hlavaty wrote: .. For example, even simple 'if' is implemented as a picolisp fexpr: (de if (C . L) (loop (T C (up. '@ @) (eval (car L) 1)) (T T (run (cdr L) 1)) ) ) .. I'm just curious, what does that 'up.' do? I can't find it in

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Jon, I'm just curious, what does that 'up.' do? I can't find it in the PicoLisp ref. 'up.' is an internal function implemented in directly in Java. It was needed as a functional equivalent to 'up' because I needed something that would expect quoted agruments. 'up' is not programmable. //

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, For example, even simple 'if' is implemented as a picolisp fexpr: (de if (C . L) (loop (T C (up. '@ @) (eval (car L) 1)) (T T (run (cdr L) 1)) ) ) one of the significant factors that are slowing it down is all these environment lookups like the 'up.' and

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, btw, the strategy of deriving _all_ flow functions from 'loop' is very elegant! Cheers, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picol...@software-lab.de?subject=unsubscribe

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, btw, the strategy of deriving _all_ flow functions from 'loop' is very elegant! thanks! It is indeed elegant and very inefficient;-) For production system, all these functions should be coded in Java instead of lisp, but it vas a great learning exercise this way, especially in the

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, I have published my implementation of picolisp in java, in case you want to compare with your implementation. Thanks! Great! It runs without problems. I'm a little bit surprised, however, that it is so extremely slow. When I tried this (de fibo (N) (if ( 2 N) 1

Re: picolisp in java

Totally awesome! I have for a long time wanted Picolisp on other platforms. I think the best thing about Picolisp is the language itself, not its current libraries. Thank you! // Jakob On 10/04/2010 09:40 AM, Tomas Hlavaty wrote: Hi Alex, I have published my implementation of picolisp in

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, It runs without problems. great! I'm a little bit surprised, however, that it is so extremely slow. How can these huge differences be explained? I wasn't aiming for speed with this first version but rather for understanding of the underlying concepts, namely how evaluation and

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, and then did $ time cat x |java wl ok. Just to note, you are also measuring startup time of the JVM which might be considerably slow compared to picolisp. In that sense, your ErsatzLisp might have unfavourable timings in regard to pure interpretation. respond, however, and if

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Tomas, Just to note, you are also measuring startup time of the JVM which might be considerably slow compared to picolisp. In that sense, your ErsatzLisp might have unfavourable timings in regard to pure interpretation. Yes, I'm aware of that. Still, if I just put (bye) into a file 'y'

Re: picolisp in java

Hi Alex, Did you type anything into the text field? The example is very simplistic so it expects an integer value in the text field when you Yes, as I wrote in my previous mail, that field doesn't respond. That is, it doesn't accept any keystrokes. But now it occurs to me that these