Re: PicoLisp assembler in JavaScript?
On March 7, 2012 at 8:30 AM Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de wrote: Hi Jon, How many percent (very roughly) of the PicoLisp functions are depending on this 'native' function? If it's less than say 10%, one could probably find an alternative solution for these natives, or just ignore them. I'm only guessing. The interpreter itself doesn't depend on 'native' at all. The base system runs fine without it. Only add-ons like floating point math, or the OpenGL library, do need it. I think PicoLisp is plenty fun and useful also without these addons. Floating point could be reimplemented in other ways if really needed. best regards, Jakob -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
PicoLisp assembler in JavaScript?
Hi, I noticed Rudy's recent article The Browser 'IS' The Data Base http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-22.html, re. a possible PicoLisp implementation based on node.js. Would it be an idea to first write a PicoLisp assembler (equivalent to the one used in 64-bits PL) in JavaScript, so one could rip off all (or most of) the assembly code that 64-bits PL is written in? It seems like it could be a fun thing to do, at least for those who have some time available ... ;-) /Jon -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
Re: PicoLisp assembler in JavaScript?
On March 6, 2012 at 4:10 PM Jon Kleiser jon.klei...@usit.uio.no wrote: JavaScript, so one could rip off all (or most of) the assembly code that 64-bits PL is written in? It seems like it could be a fun thing to do, at least for those who have some time available ... ;-) I think it's a wonderful idea. Off topic: http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-22.html http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-22.html * how do I edit pages on that wiki? * I never understand under which topic an article belongs, which brings me to the URL, it would be nice if the URL reflected the topic of the Wiki page. best regards, Jakob -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
Re: PicoLisp assembler in JavaScript?
Hi Jon, implementation based on node.js. Would it be an idea to first write a PicoLisp assembler (equivalent to the one used in 64-bits PL) in JavaScript, so one could rip off all (or most of) the assembly code that 64-bits PL is written in? It seems like it could be a fun thing to do, at least for those who have some time available ... ;-) Yes, it would indeed be fun. But I think very difficult. To have it run in the JavaScript environment, it would be necessary to bring the assembler to output JavaScript code, or to write an emulator of the PicoLisp machine (see http://software-lab.de/doc64/asm) in JavaScript. I spent a lot of time contemplating to write such an emulator in C, and finally gave up because there is no way to implement the 'native' function in C, which is the most interesting feature of pil64. In JavaScript it is probably even more difficult than in C. Cheers, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
Re: PicoLisp assembler in JavaScript?
Hi Jakob, Off topic: http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-22.html http://picolisp.com/5000/-2-22.html * how do I edit pages on that wiki? You register, and then experiment with the help page. * I never understand under which topic an article belongs, which brings me to the URL, it would be nice if the URL reflected the topic of the Wiki page. Most URLs have names like http://picolisp.com/5000/!wiki?gsoc; or http://picolisp.com/5000/!wiki?ideasPage;. The problem with the above page is that it is a Reply which Rudy made to the GSoC page. Such replies have no title. BTW, Thorsten is now in the process of inserting Rudy's reply into the Ideas-Page, and then we'll probably can delete that reply. Cheers, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
