Hello, all. Could anyone please explain the concept of memoization to me? Also an introduction to blocks wouldn't be bad for the list... Douglas ... ...
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Douglas Atique
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Jul 5, 1999 12:46 pm
Remember that discussion on the usefulness of nil and the default initialization of slots? I was reading the Self 4.0 Programmer´s Reference Manual this...
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Douglas Atique
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Jul 5, 1999 2:58 pm
When interpreting the Self bytecode of a resend (SUPER_SEND), can I always assume that the resend is directed iff there was a DELEGATEE bytecode after the last...
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Douglas Atique
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Jul 5, 1999 6:14 pm
In my interpreter, I am trying to associate each instance of the interpreter with one object, named the "evaluatee". As an oop, the evaluatee can be: - a data...
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mpato
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Jul 6, 1999 8:37 am
Hello everybody, My name is Maryah and I´m a estudent at Vigo University ( Spain). Now I´m working in an application on SELF and I have a very big problem: ...
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Douglas Atique
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Jul 6, 1999 11:41 am
Hello, Maryah. I'm Douglas. Could you elaborate more on your problem? I mean, could you explain it with more details? I don't think I understand what you mean...
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Douglas Atique
datique@...
Jul 6, 1999 8:09 pm
As far as I know, an object can be allocated in three different ways: - on the C heap, that is with malloc from the OS - on the stack - on the resource area I...
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Gordon Cichon
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Jul 6, 1999 10:07 pm
... Actual Self objects are always allocated inside the object system, i.e. the new space or eden space of the Self world. Self objects are never allocated on...
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Dru Nelson
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Jul 7, 1999 2:01 am
... I've never heard of this. What are obstacks ? Is this an internal lisp structure? ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/self-interest ...
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Randy Smith
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Jul 7, 1999 4:47 pm
Douglas, I think you get the basic idea, and your own refinement of having a common nil-like parent is kind of interesting. Though the behavior shared by these...
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Douglas Atique
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Jul 7, 1999 6:56 pm
Randall (or Mr. Smith, may I be more informal?), I have been making small programs in C++ which used the Standard Library collections, in which I represented...
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Mario Wolczko
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Jul 7, 1999 9:11 pm
... The last part of this is not exactly true -- under certain conditions (mostly dependent on the size of the object and the amount of free space in Eden or...
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Gordon Cichon
gordon@...
Jul 8, 1999 7:40 am
... No, this is nothing special to lisp. It is a method of handling memory allocation and deallocation. Inside the Self VM memory is managed in three different...
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Douglas Atique
datique@...
Jul 8, 1999 11:43 am
... So, Gordon, is it only a matter of convenience? I mean, could all memory allocated from ResourceAreas be allocated from CHeaps, for example? For Self...
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Gordon Cichon
gordon@...
Jul 9, 1999 4:05 pm
... Yes, it is mostly a matter of convenience. The stack keeps additionally some notion where or when the memory is allocated. F. e. when traversing a syntax ...
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Dru Nelson
dru@...
Jul 11, 1999 4:30 am
I have heard nothing from anyone. Last year there was a nice, simple prototypes workshop, I'm not sure if this one will have something. If anyone hears of...
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Gordon Cichon
gordon@...
Jul 11, 1999 11:30 am
Ups, I got something wrong in my last remarks about memory allocation: I meant LIFO when I wrote about FIFO. Gordon. ... eGroups.com home:...
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Douglas Atique
datique@...
Jul 13, 1999 2:17 pm
What does the operator <-> mean? I have seen it in some Self code but couldn't find a definition. Thanks, Douglas ... eGroups.com home:...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
jecel@...
Jul 23, 1999 10:50 pm
Hi, friends! I've been without internet access for the past couple of weeks and am only now catching up with my email, including the discussions on this list. ...
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Randy Smith
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Jul 23, 1999 11:58 pm
I am amazed! This is great, Jecel, best of luck with Merlin Computer Technology, and let us know when you have your IPO! --Randy...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
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Jul 24, 1999 8:34 pm
... It took some effort, but I found this page: http://www.acm.org/sigplan/oopsla/oopsla99/2_ap/workshops/2i_ws_ag.html Doesn't look like there will be any...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
jecel@...
Jul 24, 1999 8:34 pm
... Where did you see that? I searched through all of the Self sources and didn't find a single instance of this. There are plenty of "->" (which is used for...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
jecel@...
Jul 24, 1999 8:34 pm
... In the tinySelf 1 interpreter, the code that handles DELEGATEE looks at the next bytecode (after any index extension ones, of course) and generates an...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
jecel@...
Jul 24, 1999 8:45 pm
... See if this helps: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/rwh/introsml/techniques/memoization.htm -- Jecel...
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Jecel Assumpcao Jr
jecel@...
Jul 26, 1999 7:40 pm
... This is a very important point. It is too costly to make a new class to "reify" some concept in an applications, but we can make as many new (prototype)...
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David Ungar
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Jul 26, 1999 10:11 pm
Cool! - Dave ... David Ungar Sun Microsystems Laboratories (650) 336-2618...
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riftweaver@...
Aug 2, 1999 5:31 pm
Yes, I think its cool too; I've not been able to do more than read about Self, but having raided the old Sun site a few months ago, it seems like a very clean...
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David Ungar
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Aug 5, 1999 9:51 pm
Yes, HotSpot was an intellectual descendant of the Self VM work, and some of its key personnel were former Selfies. Jason, do you have access to a fairly...
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Gilad Bracha
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Aug 5, 1999 9:55 pm
... Please do post any details you can (without, of course, disclosing anything proprietary). Cheers, Gilad ********************************************* ...
