We'll be starting in two hours! Jay
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote: > This is tomorrow! See you then! > > Jay > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote: >> A short reminder that this will be next week. Please put it on your >> calendars! >> >> I've created the Hangouts on Air event for you to mark that you'll be >> attending! >> >> https://plus.google.com/u/2/events/cjf9s8p98ks8d7attk0fdem2t88 >> >> Jay >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On March 15th at 10am MDT, please join us for the second Inside Racket >>> Seminar where Matthew Flatt will give us a walk-through of the >>> bytecode compiler. >>> >>> As before, it will be on Google Hangouts on Air with Matthew walking >>> through the code and giving an explanation of how it all hooks >>> together. This is not a tutorial on Racket or on the compiler as a >>> library, but a kind of oral history and explanation of the software >>> and how it works. Our hope is that this will increase the ability of >>> others to build and maintain similar software as we share this kind of >>> expertise in a way that doesn't fit our existing distribution >>> mechanisms (research papers, RacketCon talks, documentation, etc.) >>> >>> I hope that you are able to attend and send your own questions as we go >>> through. >>> >>> Here are some things you may want to look at to prepare: >>> >>> 0. The compiler is written in C, so be ready for that. :) >>> >>> 1. The decompiler tool has an explanation of the high-level structure >>> of the bytecode: http://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/decompile.html >>> >>> 2. Casey's paper with Matthew and Robby, "The Racket Virtual Machine >>> and Randomize Testing", has another explanation of the bytecode and a >>> reduction semantics for it: >>> http://plt.eecs.northwestern.edu/racket-machine/ >>> >>> 3. R. Kent Dybvig's 1987 PhD thesis, "Three Implementation Models for >>> Scheme", is readable and was personally very useful for me in >>> understanding how an implementation like Racket's works (in >>> particular, the second model): >>> http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dyb/pubs/3imp.pdf >>> >>> Please feel free to send questions beforehand, on this thread or to me >>> personally. We will archive the video for later viewing, etc. >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> -- >>> Jay McCarthy >>> Associate Professor >>> PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell >>> http://jeapostrophe.github.io >>> >>> "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, >>> for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. >>> And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." >>> - D&C 64:33 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jay McCarthy >> Associate Professor >> PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell >> http://jeapostrophe.github.io >> >> "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, >> for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. >> And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." >> - D&C 64:33 > > > > -- > Jay McCarthy > Associate Professor > PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell > http://jeapostrophe.github.io > > "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, > for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. > And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." > - D&C 64:33 -- Jay McCarthy Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAJYbDakBxoC-uE6CdLb5zhdy1W%3D6_K-2rRuaYsKucJWXWbqs1A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
