Implementation Education
To be able to use a language with utmost confidence one should be able to understand its implementation so much so as to be able to implement it and maintain it. This I am saying from my experience in maintaining my Porteus Linux system. PicoLisp matches Porteus in many ways, minimalist, easy to maintain, speed etc. PicoLisp philosophy of minimal orthogonal design makes it ideal for this down to bare metal approach. However I am just a novice lisp programmer who would love to invest significant effort into learning through using picoLisp. I shall be grateful if Alexander and/or other senior experienced people be kind enough to outline various components of implementing picoLisp. Such as: knowledge level of lisp, assembly and C (reference books, links etc). Kindly indicate steps to start learning how to implement and maintain picoLisp.
Re: Implementation Education
Hi Alabhya, if I were you I would learn enough C to understand the pil32 source and then go through it. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: To be able to use a language with utmost confidence one should be able to understand its implementation so much so as to be able to implement it and maintain it. This I am saying from my experience in maintaining my Porteus Linux system. PicoLisp matches Porteus in many ways, minimalist, easy to maintain, speed etc. PicoLisp philosophy of minimal orthogonal design makes it ideal for this down to bare metal approach. However I am just a novice lisp programmer who would love to invest significant effort into learning through using picoLisp. I shall be grateful if Alexander and/or other senior experienced people be kind enough to outline various components of implementing picoLisp. Such as: knowledge level of lisp, assembly and C (reference books, links etc). Kindly indicate steps to start learning how to implement and maintain picoLisp.
Re: Implementation Education
Thanks Henrik. May be because pil32 and C are simpler than pil64 and assembly respectively.
Re: Implementation Education
Perhaps not simpler but my thinking is that it's probably easier to find resources on C plus getting to know C better might have higher utility than assembly. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Henrik. May be because pil32 and C are simpler than pil64 and assembly respectively. -- * From: * Henrik Sarvell hsarv...@gmail.com; * To: * picolisp@software-lab.de; * Subject: * Re: Implementation Education * Sent: * Thu, Aug 7, 2014 9:31:10 AM Hi Alabhya, if I were you I would learn enough C to understand the pil32 source and then go through it. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: To be able to use a language with utmost confidence one should be able to understand its implementation so much so as to be able to implement it and maintain it. This I am saying from my experience in maintaining my Porteus Linux system. PicoLisp matches Porteus in many ways, minimalist, easy to maintain, speed etc. PicoLisp philosophy of minimal orthogonal design makes it ideal for this down to bare metal approach. However I am just a novice lisp programmer who would love to invest significant effort into learning through using picoLisp. I shall be grateful if Alexander and/or other senior experienced people be kind enough to outline various components of implementing picoLisp. Such as: knowledge level of lisp, assembly and C (reference books, links etc). Kindly indicate steps to start learning how to implement and maintain picoLisp.
Re: Implementation Education
Hi Alabhya, I would also suggest starting with miniPicoLisp.- http://software-lab.de/miniPicoLisp.tgz Check out the docs: http://picolisp.com/wiki/?Documentation Specifically, the reference: http://software-lab.de/doc/ref.html#vm You may need to read it over several times. I've probably read it 10+ times and learn something new after each reading. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Henrik Sarvell hsarv...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps not simpler but my thinking is that it's probably easier to find resources on C plus getting to know C better might have higher utility than assembly. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Henrik. May be because pil32 and C are simpler than pil64 and assembly respectively. -- * From: * Henrik Sarvell hsarv...@gmail.com; * To: * picolisp@software-lab.de; * Subject: * Re: Implementation Education * Sent: * Thu, Aug 7, 2014 9:31:10 AM Hi Alabhya, if I were you I would learn enough C to understand the pil32 source and then go through it. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: To be able to use a language with utmost confidence one should be able to understand its implementation so much so as to be able to implement it and maintain it. This I am saying from my experience in maintaining my Porteus Linux system. PicoLisp matches Porteus in many ways, minimalist, easy to maintain, speed etc. PicoLisp philosophy of minimal orthogonal design makes it ideal for this down to bare metal approach. However I am just a novice lisp programmer who would love to invest significant effort into learning through using picoLisp. I shall be grateful if Alexander and/or other senior experienced people be kind enough to outline various components of implementing picoLisp. Such as: knowledge level of lisp, assembly and C (reference books, links etc). Kindly indicate steps to start learning how to implement and maintain picoLisp.
Re: Implementation Education
Dear Joe, Thank you for your valuable suggestion to start with even smaller PicoLisp. Our definitions/plans/projects: http://sparksoflove.cwahi.net/dpp On Thu, 8/7/14, Joe Bogner joebog...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: Implementation Education To: picolisp@software-lab.de Date: Thursday, August 7, 2014, 3:44 PM Hi Alabhya, I would also suggest starting with miniPicoLisp.- http://software-lab.de/miniPicoLisptgz Check out the docs: http://picolisp.com/wiki/?Documentation Specifically, the reference: http://software-lab.de/doc/ref.html#vm You may need to read it over several times. I've probably read it 10+ times and learn something new after each reading. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Henrik Sarvell hsarv...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps not simpler but my thinking is that it's probably easier to find resources on C plus getting to know C better might have higher utility than assembly. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Henrik. May be because pil32 and C are simpler than pil64 and assembly respectively. From: Henrik Sarvell hsarv...@gmail.com; To: picolisp@software-lab.de; Subject: Re: Implementation Education Sent: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 9:31:10 AM Hi Alabhya, if I were you I would learn enough C to understand the pil32 source and then go through it. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Alabhya Singh alab...@yahoo.com wrote: To be able to use a language with utmost confidence one should be able to understand its implementation so much so as to be able to implement it and maintain it. This I am saying from my experience in maintaining my Porteus Linux system. PicoLisp matches Porteus in many ways, minimalist, easy to maintain, speed etc. PicoLisp philosophy of minimal orthogonal design makes it ideal for this down to bare metal approach. However I am just a novice lisp programmer who would love to invest significant effort into learning through using picoLisp. I shall be grateful if Alexander and/or other senior experienced people be kind enough to outline various components of implementing picoLisp. Such as: knowledge level of lisp, assembly and C (reference books, links etc). Kindly indicate steps to start learning how to implement and maintain picoLisp. -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
