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14:14:42
beach
So either 1. SICL will be the only client. 2. Other implementations would have (at least) two compilers, or 3. I would have to make the SICL bootstrapping technique possible for implementations other than SICL.
14:16:40
beach
scymtym: I mean, these libraries of yours are not the only ones that we try to make other implementations use, and all the SICL modules that we claim can be used by other implementations are now written using the full Common Lisp language.
14:17:59
beach
I suppose there is still the option for other implementation of writing an initial compiler or interpreter and then bootstrapping the rest of the system from there.
14:19:51
beach
On the other hand, the SIC bootstrapping procedure makes very few assumptions about object representation. At least I think so.
14:24:43
beach
Looks good. I'll proofread, but slowly, because I need to fix dinner for my (admittedly small) family today.
14:25:55
beach
The preposition used in the AMOP is "to" for "specialized to", and "on" is used for methods "on" a generic function (I think).
14:26:26
beach
I first thought this was a quirk because the authors of the AMOP had foreign-sounding names, but I think the are mostly native speakers of English.
14:29:48
beach
Your phrase "it must supply a client object to these generic functions that can be clearly distinguished..." sounds like it is the generic functions that can be distinguished. Maybe "it must supply a client object to these generic functions, and that object must be distinguished..."
14:32:51
beach
Hello shka_. Short English lesson: "advice" in English is not countable. It's like "water" or "air". "I need a piece of advice" or "I need some advice'.
14:37:46
heisig
Yes, the AMOP talks about methods "specialized to" a particular class. I will fix that.
14:45:51
scymtym
shka_: i have mostly worked with unconventional parsing techniques like packrat and derivation-based parsing. that said, smug and esrap are probably both fine unless your language has something unusual like indentation as syntax or complicated context dependencies
14:46:34
scymtym
cl-yacc corresponds to a more conventional approach but i found it less convenient to use
14:50:15
shka_
scymtym: thanks, i will go with maxpc for now because documentation feels easier to digest
14:51:06
scymtym
shka_: if performance isn't much of a concern and the language isn't super complicated, anything should be fine, really
16:17:25
beach
I think I will take the rest of the day (what little is left of it) off. I have a lot of information to digest with respect to s-expression-syntax and the implications for both existing modules and a more global strategy.