We will be starting shortly. Please ask questions via the app. Jay
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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/CAJYbDan7-kYtieZv7bgFwdAEg-os-eSBnvXRx7ZmSK1KCgMqBw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
