... I'm very interested in this idea too. What if we designed hardware to efficiently map to the programming constructs that we found useful instead of the...
I don't remember if this has been posted before, but I was looking here: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Comparison_and_Review/ and came across...
What, no Java2K? You guys gotta see that one. :) http://p-nand-q.com/humor/programming_languages/java2k/manual.html ... 2319.1113/doc/turkeyb.html>.)...
... A great book that covers these issues is John Gough's "Compiling for the .NET CLR" [1] - it talks about John's experiences targeting CIL with his Component...
I am feeling a little stressed, either no one has answers to this, or I am stupid, or something. the mystery is in the more abstract realm: why are various...
... Well, I think a lot has to do with when the technology came out, it's compatibility with firewalls/nat, proprietary protocols, security and such. Yes, it...
... ok. ... yes, or like me: I try to join the api's. I try to join the protocols as well. an im protocol (eg: xmpp) seems to work well as the basis of other...
You're heading in the "I want to change the world" mentality, which in the end, is only achievable by a slow and continuing processess. I'd like to have every...
... I had imagined using a glob of protocols and having the system be able to automatically select the best protocol to use (eg: those supported by both apps...
... Bypassing the larger issues you raised... When I've read about XML-RPC/SOAP, they're usually discussed as successors to CORBA/COM/RMI (or at least they...
... understood. however, they have remained fairly seperate. ... maybe, or maybe not. my plan originally was to have both mechanisms. one can branch out a ...
Greetings to my fellow langsmiths, I am writing to announce the first public release of the specification for my programming language Heron. The specification...
... first ... am ... appetites. ... abandoned ... well ... I will only state that from a language design standpoint I disagree with most of the design choices...
Well, first question is why no garbage collection? Unless you're an embedded systems engineer, nobody really wants to deal with memory these days. And what ...
... release ... I appreciate the worthwhile comments from Mike. I think a lot of people are going to be asking the question "why no garbage collection?" so I...
... + GC can improve performance over best hard coded memory management in many cases, by improving cache behavior. The basic idea here is that once you load a...
... As a GC bigot (wouldn't leave home without it), I'll try some responses :-) ... + GC can reduce logical bugs by reducing code logic and reducing ties...
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At 7:53 PM -0500 1/18/04, christopher diggins wrote: I'm far from an expert on garbage collection, but I do have a few comments. :-) ... + GC simplifies design...
Is the purpose of the language time-critical scripting? ... disadvantage. I find that many software users (myself included) prefer software that executes...
... AFAIK, generations in themselves can speed up GC, but don't avoid pauses. Incremental collectors can avoid pauses though. Does anyone know if there has...
Very nice post Brian. I have some comments though on it, and forgive me in advance if I come down a little bit rough on some parts. I wish to state for the...
... From: "Jesse Jones" <jesjones@...> ... comments. :-) ... Yes you are right I agree. ... It may be difficult but I am trying damn hard. The Heron...
... Hello: This seems like an interesting guarantee to me. How exactly will the compiler or runtime achieve this? James -- James McCarron "For I am a bear of...
... From: "Mike Austin" <mike_ekim@...> ... I wanted to address the complexity issue here that Mike brought up. In the end total there are far fewer...
... escreveu: > ... Google for "Uniqueness Typing" and similar phrases for some information about how to statically determine ownership of some "object". IIRC...
In hindsight, and thnaks to the many informative posts, I should not have attempted a half baked criticism of garbage collection mechanisms. I was straddling...
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