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2:58:02
beach
Bike: Maybe, but I think this problem has to do with not assigning the correct values environment and dynamic environment to the new instructions.
2:59:56
beach
So, I have another chapter to edit from Dyomkin. And my colleague and his two sons are coming over for lunch today.
3:40:56
beach
It occurred in a HIR program that was so big that the visualizer took so long to start that I had to interrupt it.
6:00:26
beach
I think the next step is for the compiler to find all those BREAKPOINT-INSTRUCTIONs, and create a code object that contains all locations that can be stopped at.
6:03:27
beach
Oh, one more thing, the boot procedure is not noticeably slowed down by having those additional instruction to interpret, and by having to call Clordane in the interpretation method for them.
7:54:38
beach
I started editing the latest chapter of Dyomkin's book, but I am making very slow progress.
8:38:05
ck_
beach: I was momentarily startled by the use of := in the key-value chapter you're probably reviewing right now. What do you think about that choice?
12:28:29
beach
ck_: I don't particularly like it. Using it as a loop keyword is a choice, but when they start defining functions with names in the keyword package, I strongly disagree, and I pointed this out to Dyomkin.
12:33:03
beach
Since he has decided not to follow my advice in so many cases, I think I will tell him not to acknowledge me.
12:47:14
ck_
maybe you could show the beginning of that process in a future video, I think that would make it slightly easier to understand for a first viewer