Latest Commits
- Attempt to support Linux LFS (large-file-support, for 64-bit files).Attempt to support Linux LFS (large-file-support, for 64-bit files). [DBH] common.mk […]
- Added a dummy non-working GDB init file to access debug.cpp functions. Presumably...Added a dummy non-working GDB init file to access debug.cpp functions. Presumably header support will make it work. [DBH] .gdbinit […]
- fixed socket streams to use new stream apifixed socket streams to use new stream api [DBH] src/net/sockets.slate […]
- XOPEN posix source macro change for bsdXOPEN posix source macro change for bsd [DBH] common.mk [DBH] src/vm/external-library.cpp […]
- bsd dlerror fixbsd dlerror fix [DBH] src/vm/external-library.cpp […]
- Added NAND and NOR as nand: and nor:, and butNot: as logical non-implication.Added NAND and NOR as nand: and nor:, and butNot: as logical non-implication. [DBH] src/core/boolean.slate […]
- Added "material impliciation" to Booleans.Added "material impliciation" to Booleans. [DBH] src/core/boolean.slate […]
- Further shell quoting for space characters.Further shell quoting for space characters. [DBH] src/lib/platform.slate […]
- Fixed Platform escapeForShell to escape backslashes themselves.Fixed Platform escapeForShell to escape backslashes themselves. [DBH] src/lib/platform.slate […]
- Extracted the configuration of the files to use for bootstrap image compilation into...Extracted the configuration of the files to use for bootstrap image compilation into a separate text file, and arranged for better support of bootstrapping a different source directory than the present one. [DBH] Makefile [DBH] common.mk [DBH] src/mobius/bootstrap-files.txt [DBH] src/mobius/build.slate […]
February
15
Progress Report
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We’ve been in lurk mode for the last few months, but progress continues. Here are some highlights:
- The VM was ported from C to C++, allowing some smarter handling by the VM of Slate pointers, which means that our GC is now precise instead of just conservative.
- Syntactic support for *rest parameter passing in message sends was added, by sequestering the comma (“,”) as special syntax which goes after optional keywords and the main message phrase. Now, collections can be instantiated via, say, “
Set new*, 1, 2, 3, 3“, for example. The ”,” selector for creating Points is now named “<>” to avoid collision. - Various inefficiency fixes which each resulted in a 10-15% speed gain were implemented. The VM is now substantially faster than a few months ago.
- A simple inliner (not a JIT) which uses simple type inference to inline bytecode methods to produce inlined versions of the original method has been implemented. It is not yet robust enough to handle optional-argument passing, but is otherwise stable and useful.
- Further updates are in development: a module system inspired by some recent work in Javascript, better support for concurrency, and trying to adapt interesting parts of the recent “Xtreams“ Smalltalk stream protocol for better inherent stream performance.
