Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-11 Thread Julian Leviston
cause I am a high functioning autistic. >>> >>> He said. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Charles Perkins wrote: >>>> Thank you, Alan! >>>> >>>> That means quite a bit to me. >>>> >>>> I was so looking forward to a good pillage. Ah well… t

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-11 Thread Kjell Godo
> >>> 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 to be sure) I am most appreciative of the >>> generous sharing of seeds going on around here. &g

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-09 Thread Julian Leviston
ng of seeds going on around here. >> >> Chuck >> >> On Feb 8, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Alan Kay wrote: >> >> Looks nice to me! >> >> But no ivory towers around to pillage. (However planting a few seeds is >> almost always a good idea) >> >> Ch

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-09 Thread Charles Perkins
sharing of seeds going on around here. >> >> Chuck >> >> On Feb 8, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Alan Kay wrote: >> >> Looks nice to me! >> >> But no ivory towers around to pillage. (However planting a few seeds is >> almost always a good idea) >>

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-09 Thread Kjell Godo
Kay 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 > To: Fundamentals of New Comp

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
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 > To: Fundamentals of New Computing > Sent: Friday, February 8, 201

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
Er… Hmm… About that… In the (missing) Chapter 1 I attempt to illustrate building a computation model using a declarative and incremental programming language. Towards the end of that effort I realized I really needed an implementation of the language. I really like Alessandro's work but when

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Alan Kay
ect: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler > >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

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Matthew Retchin
Where are the other chapters and what is the book about? On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Charles Perkins 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 li

[fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
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 the construction of a parser generator and compiler compiler here: https://github.c