Re: PDD for the debugger API

2001-08-26 Thread Uri Guttman
> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DS> At 03:22 PM 8/18/2001 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: >> i didn't see any references to support debugging an external perl >> process. this should be designed in from the beginning, so the debugger >> API can be designed to work locally

Re: Semi-OT: Good compiler book?

2001-08-26 Thread Dan Sugalski
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ken Fox wrote: > Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 04:38 PM 8/8/2001 +, Brian J. Kifiak wrote: > > > > Unfortunately all the references I have for alternatives really > > > > require what the Dragon Book teaches as a foundation. > > > > > > What are the refer

Re: PDD for the debugger API

2001-08-26 Thread Dan Sugalski
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ken Fox wrote: > Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > DS> At 03:22 PM 8/18/2001 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > > >> i didn't see any references to support debugging an external perl > > >> process. ... > > >

RE: Something to hash out

2001-08-26 Thread Brent Dax
# -Original Message- # From: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] # Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 10:59 AM # To: Dan Sugalski # Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Subject: Re: Something to hash out # # # On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 10:37:35AM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: # > I'm currently thinking of

Re: PDD for the debugger API

2001-08-26 Thread Ken Fox
Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DS> At 03:22 PM 8/18/2001 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > >> i didn't see any references to support debugging an external perl > >> process. ... > > DS> Good point. ... listen on some port/pipe/do

Re: explicitly declare closures???

2001-08-26 Thread Ken Fox
Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > I think closures are a lot harder (or at least subtler) than > > > people think ... > > > > ... The scenario you gave seems rather far-fetched to me, in terms > > of real-world program

Re: Semi-OT: Good compiler book?

2001-08-26 Thread Ken Fox
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:38 PM 8/8/2001 +, Brian J. Kifiak wrote: > > > Unfortunately all the references I have for alternatives really > > > require what the Dragon Book teaches as a foundation. > > > > What are the references? > > ... Advanced Compiler Design & Implem

Re: explicitly declare closures???

2001-08-26 Thread Tony Hall
Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > I think closures are a lot harder (or at least subtler) than > > > people think ... > > > > ... The scenario you gave seems rather far-fetched to me, in terms > > of real-world program

Re: explicitly declare closures???

2001-08-26 Thread Tony Hall
Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Mitchell wrote: > > > I think closures are a lot harder (or at least subtler) than > > > people think ... > > > > ... The scenario you gave seems rather far-fetched to me, in terms > > of real-world program

Re: Something to hash out

2001-08-26 Thread Nathan Torkington
Simon Cozens writes: > I was using .pas and .pac. Gotta think about 8.3ness, unfortunately. .pas is generally Pascal. I also think it's important we choose extensions based around their humour potential. With that in mind, I propose: .par for Parrot source, and .pao for Parrot Objects would

Configurators!

2001-08-26 Thread Nathan Torkington
We're about to have a tarball of basic interpreter source (no compiler yet, only an assembler). Dan's already run into portability problems, and once it comes out we're going to need to start working on the configuration and build system. Jarkko, are you still interested in leading this? (I'm un